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Organisations were subject to €1.1bn of fines for a wide range of GDPR infringements in 2021, compared with €158.5m the previous year, according to a survey of the 27 EU member states plus the UK, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
More information
DLA Piper GDPR fines and data breach survey: January 2022
ACCA CPD resources on understanding data erasure and retention
ACCA guidance on data management