Record broken: GDPR fines exceed EUR 5 billion for the first time – CMS publishes sixth edition of the Enforcement Tracker Report
Enforcement of Europe-wide data protection legislation has reached a new highpoint: For the first time, publicly known fines in Europe have exceeded the EUR 5 billion mark. Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018, a total of around EUR 5.65 billion in fines have been imposed as of March 2025 – an increase of EUR 1.17 billion compared to the previous year. Th