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/ GDPR’s one-year figures
5 September, 2019More 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