These 10 companies have received the highest GDPR fines

How seriously do large companies take the issue of data protection? A look at the highest GDPR penalties reveals: Apparently not too serious. In our ranking, we show you the ten companies that have had to pay the highest fines for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Any institution that violates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) must expect corresponding penalties. These usually take the form of fines. But which data offenders have had to pay the highest GDPR penalties so far?

The highest GDPR penalties

According to an analysis by Statista Facebook parent company Meta in particular dominates the ranking of the biggest DSGVO sinners. The sum total of the fines is almost one billion euros. In the following ranking we show you which other companies had to accept horrendous fines.

10th place: TIM

In 2020, the Italian telecommunications company TIM had to pay a fine of 27.8 million euros accept. For marketing reasons, the company disregarded the privacy of millions of customers.

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