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Craig Hale

EU issued over €1.2bn in GDPR fines in 2025 as multiple data breaches bite

GDPR.
  • Personal data breach reports rose 22% year-over-year in 2025
  • Ireland has issued some of the GDPR's biggest fines, including 2025's biggest
  • Geopolitical tensions, new tech and new laws are all to blame

European regulators handed out over €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) in GDPR-related fines throughout 2025, marking only a small increase compared with the year before despite a sharp rise in data breach notifications.

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