We were promised huge fines and GDPR has finally delivered. Last week, Amazonâs financial records revealed that officials in Luxembourg are fining the retailer â¬746 million (£636m) for breaching the European regulation.
The fine is unprecedented: itâs the biggest GDPR fine issued to date and is more than double the amount of every other GDPR fine combined. The financial penalty, which Amazon is appealing, comes at a time when GDPR is feeling the strain of lax enforcement and measly fines. Experts say companies are allowed to get away with abusing peopleâs privacy as GDPR investigations are too slow and ineffective. Some people even want GDPR to be ripped up entirely.
Pressure mounts on Luxembourg to probe Amazon data practices
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