"GDPR fines pushed past the £1 billion (€1.2 billion) mark in 2025 as Europe's regulators were deluged with more than 400 data breach notifications a day, according to a new survey that suggests the post-plateau era of enforcement has well and truly arrived. The figures come from the latest GDPR Fines and Data Breach Survey published by DLA Piper, which puts total fines issued across Europe last year at roughly £1 billion (€1.2 billion), up from £996 million in 2024."
"While that year-on-year increase is modest, regulators have now handed down €7.1 billion (£6.2 billion) in penalties since GDPR came into force in May 2018. The fines may look familiar, but breach reporting does not. From 28 January 2025 to the present, Europe's data protection authorities received an average of 443 personal data breach notifications a day. That's up 22 percent on the year before, and marks the first time daily reports have pushed past 400 since the regulation came into force."
Total GDPR fines across Europe reached roughly £1 billion (€1.2 billion) in 2025, up from £996 million in 2024. Regulators have imposed €7.1 billion (£6.2 billion) in penalties since May 2018. From 28 January 2025 to the present, data protection authorities in Europe received an average of 443 personal data breach notifications per day, a 22 percent year-on-year increase. Daily reports exceeded 400 for the first time since GDPR came into force. Enforcement appears to have entered a post-plateau era, with higher notification volumes increasing demands on regulatory resources while penalties remain substantial.
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