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Germany's biggest confirmed GDPR fine is EUR 45 million, imposed on Vodafone GmbH by the federal data protection authority in 2025. See the totals, the biggest cases, and why German courts keep cutting these fines to a fraction of their original size.
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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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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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Cumulative GDPR fines rose from EUR 272.5 million in January 2021 to EUR 7.1 billion by January 2026, per DLA Piper's annual GDPR Fines and Data Breach Survey. See the year-by-year totals, the CMS Enforcement Tracker Report's cumulative snapshots, and why the pace has plateaued since 2023.
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Texas's privacy enforcement team has investigated more than 200 companies since the Data Privacy and Security Initiative launched in June 2024, per the Texas Attorney General's July 2025 update. See the first TDPSA lawsuit, the data broker sweep, and how the state's separate multibillion-dollar Meta and Google settlements fit into its broader privacy enforcement record.
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California regulators have collected roughly 24.9 million dollars across 13 confirmed CCPA settlements since 2022, led by a record 12.75 million dollar General Motors penalty in May 2026. See the year-by-year trend, the biggest fines, and the violations that trigger enforcement most often.
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