In Spain, data breach notifications increase since the entry into application of the GDPR

The Spanish data protection authority – Agencia Española de Protección de Datos or AEPD – has received 418 notifications of data breaches since the entry into application of the GDPR. Of these 418 notifications, only 11 have required additional investigation by the DPA.

In the latest annual report published by AEPD, the DPA reports that complaints had already increased by 37% from 2015-2017, and that in 2017, the authority received around 10 500 complaints.

Source: In Spain, data breach notifications increase since the entry into application of the GDPR