Europe’s privacy overhaul has led to $126 million in fines

- The EU’s GDPR privacy law led to over 160,000 data breach notifications, according to law firm DLA Piper.
- The biggest penalty under GDPR to date was a fine of 50 million euros imposed on Google, DLA Piper says.
- DLA Piper Partner Ross McKean says there will be “slow progress” before much bigger fines are imposed.
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