/ GDPR’s one-year figures

More than 12 months after the effective date of the European Data Protection Regulation, figures show:

• 200,000 complaints
  • 65 thousand data breaches
  • 95,000 claims
• 91 fines totaling 55.96 million euros
• 20,043 requests for DPO
• 2 out of 3 claims are resolved in favour of the data holder
• Most common complaints due to unwanted telemarketing and video surveillance

Most significant fines:

• 50 million euros to Google LLC. (France)
  Infringement: no valid legal basis to process personal data for advertising purposes and lack of specific and unequivocal consent.
• Fine of 500 thousand pounds, for the case of Cambridge Analytica (UK)
  Infringement: Lack of information security, allowing third parties to access the information of more than one million English users.

Macarena Gatica
Senior Associate Alessandri