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CNIL, France's data protection regulator, issued EUR 486.8 million in fines across 83 sanctions in 2025, according to CNIL's own 2025 enforcement report published in February 2026. See the year-by-year totals, the biggest individual fines, and why two cookie-consent cases drove nearly all of the increase.
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The average ICO fine reached £1.6 million in 2025, up roughly 370% from about £675,000 in 2023, according to Bridewell's analysis of the ICO's own Enforcement Register. See every confirmed UK GDPR penalty since 2023, including the £14 million Capita fine, ranked and sourced.
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The Information Commissioner's Office took just 31 enforcement actions in 2025, down 50% from 62 in 2024, according to URM Consulting's analysis of the ICO's own Enforcement Register. See how those 31 actions split between fines, reprimands and enforcement notices, and why complaint volumes are rising even as enforcement activity falls.
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Ireland's Data Protection Commission logged 16,160 new GDPR cases in 2025, a 45% jump from 11,091 in 2024, according to the DPC's Annual Report 2025 published June 30, 2026. See how that case volume compares to fine value, EU-wide tracker counts, and the EDPB's 2026 audit priorities.
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Big Tech companies have paid roughly EUR 4.06 billion in confirmed GDPR fines since 2018, led by Meta's EUR 2.83 billion across seven Irish DPC decisions, per PrivacyTerms.io's compilation of regulator press releases through August 2026. See the full company breakdown, including Amazon's now-vacated EUR 746 million fine.
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Ireland's Data Protection Commission has issued EUR 4.04 billion in cumulative GDPR fines, more than half of Europe's EUR 7.1 billion total, per DLA Piper's January 2026 survey. See which countries fine most by value and by case count.
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