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GDPR: EU Sees More Data Breach Reports, Privacy Complaints

December 20, 2018

Privacy watchdogs in Europe say they are continuing to see an increase in data breach reports as well as privacy complaints.

That should be no surprise, because the EU on May 25 began enforcing its General Data Protection Regulation. Among its provisions, GDPR requires organizations that suffer a breach that may have exposed Europeans’ personal information to notify relevant authorities.

The number of data breach reports filed since GDPR went into effect has hit about 3,500 in Ireland, over 4,600 in Germany, 6,000 in France and 8,000 in the U.K.

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