The Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom are the countries with the highest number of GDPR breaches in the EU. Poland is located on an infamous sixth the location of the compilation.
three European countries have more violations of GDPR data than other Member States together. A study by Precise Security shows that the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom have a total of over 100,000 reported cases, which is a higher number than reported in other Member States together.
The Netherlands and Germany have a leading position, with 40,600 and 37,600 data breaches, while the UK occupies third Place of 22,100 reported cases. in the top ten Ireland (10,500 cases), Denmark (9,800), Poland (7,400), Sweden (7,300), Finland (6,300), France (3,400) and Norway (2,800).
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) was introduced by the EU In May 2018 Since then, according to Piper GDPR Data Brevey Survey 2020 reported above 160,000 data breaches. The growing number of cases shows how valuable personal data is and how dynamic hackers or organizations are to obtain this information.
Of course, not all data breaches are due to such actions, and many organisations with good intentions are still trying to understand new data privacy standards without respecting them, despite huge penalties.
According to data from the same study only within 3 months (November, December 2019 1 January 2020) the total number of penalties related to the GDPR reached 450,000,000 EUR since the introduction of the law In May 2018 Almost.
70% the total amount was imposed by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office – 314,900,000 EUR, most of which is addressed only to two organization: British Airways (204,000,000 EUR - highest penalties for data breach in the world) and Marriott International, Inc (110,000,000 EUR).
It should be pointed out that the fines against British Airways and Marriott International, Inc, are in fact a ‘notice of intent’ and are therefore not definitive, both companies are currently fighting to withdraw or at least reduce penalties. third Google occupies the place among the punished.
The company received a fine of 50,000,000 EUR from the French Data Protection Authority, CNIL.
Source: Business Review