€1.2 billion in GDPR fines
According to DLA Piper, the total amount of fines, at around €1.2 billion, was roughly the same as the previous year. However, this high sum also demonstrates that European data protection authorities remain willing to impose substantial fines. Since the GDPR came into effect, a total of €7.1 billion in fines has been levied.
Broken down by country, Ireland, where US tech giants like Apple, Google, and Meta have their EU headquarters, once again leads the enforcement statistics: The total fines imposed by the Irish Data Protection Commission have reached €4.04 billion since the GDPR came into force in May 2018.
This includes the highest fine ever imposed under the GDPR, amounting to €1.2 billion against Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. Furthermore, in April 2025, TikTok Technology Ltd. was fined €530 million for transferring personal user data to China.
