German regional data protection authorities impose fines of EUR 449,000 for GDPR breaches
German regional data protection authorities have imposed fines in 75 cases totalling EUR 449,0000 for breaches of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), since it came into effect in May 2018.
Fines have been imposed in six federal states. In Baden-Wurttemberg, for example, the data protection authorities imposed fined worth EUR 203,000 in seven cases, in Rhineland-Palatinate EUR 124,000 for nine cases, in Berlin EUR 105,600 for eighteen cases and in Hamburg, EUR 25,000 for two cases, the report added.
