Administrative fines by Irish DPC down more than 50% in 2024

The DPC processed fewer new cases, but received an 11% increase in GDPR breach notifications.

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued administrative fines of €652m ($771m) during 2024, its new annual report shows. That’s a big drop from the total of over €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) in fines in 2023.

The Commission also processed slightly fewer new cases – 11,091 compared to 11,200 the year before. The number

The DPC also

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