
- 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.