Although the GDPR fine value was slightly higher in 2025, the number of personal data breach reports rose even more.

The future development and use of AI systems is under fire as an EU regulator blocks ChatGPT for GDPR breaches. The Garante, the Italian data regulator, has blocked high-profile AI tool ChatGPT for ...

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta Ireland a total of 390 million euros (U.S. $414 million) for breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by forcing users to agree ...

Regulators logged over 400 personal data breach notifications a day for first time since law came into force GDPR fines pushed past the £1 billion (€1.2 billion) mark in 2025 as Europe's regulators ...

French advertising technology giant Criteo has been issued with a revised fine of €40 million ($44 million) over failings to garner users’ consent around targeted ...

The new guide introduces several updates to the procedure for responding to data breaches: Enhanced reporting mechanisms: the guide emphasizes the importance of timely reporting of breaches to the ...

The introduction of new data protection rules significantly reduced breaches by firms but negatively impacted their market value, according to new research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and ...

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has enforced the lion’s share of a record €1.78 billion in European GDPR fines over the last year. According to law firm DLA Piper’s annual GDPR and Data Breach ...

Protecting customer data is now Enterprise Security Job No. 1, thanks to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The entire purpose of GDPR is to protect the privacy of ...

European data regulators issued a record €2.92 billion in fines last year, up 168% on 2021, with Meta the hardest hit. According to the latest GDPR and Data Breach Survey from international law firm ...