> Europe's GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up
[AUTHOR: Carly Page]
[DATE: 22/01/2026 13:39]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
Regulators logged over 400 personal data breach notifications a day for first time since law came into force GDPR fines pushed past the £1 billion (€1.2 billion) mark in 2025 as Europe's regulators were deluged with more than 400 data breach notifications a day, according to a new survey that suggests the post-plateau era of enforcement has well and truly arrived.…