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Introduction
In order to reduce the possibility of a data breach, organizations are applying controls to ensure personal data is adequately protected. The main motivator for this shift is still the ‘dissuasive’ effect of the fines that can be applied by supervisory authorities under the GDPR (Article 83.1).
Fines to sanction non-compliance issues have been steadily escalating to the upper levels allowed by the Regulation, as in the case of Amazon, facing a €746 million penalty (July 2021), or WhatsApp in Ireland, with €225 million (September 2021).
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