GDPR case work swamps Denmark’s data protection agency

The landmark introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May has triggered a resource and budgetary headache at Datatilsynet, Denmark’s data protection agency (DPA). The DPA has logged a significant surge in GDPR-related cases since June, especially cases linked to social media organisations, including Facebook and Google. The uplift in workload is happening at a level that is testing the DPA’s capacity to process, investigate and efficiently manage cases.

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