- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Kyle Brasseur2023-05-09T13:28:00
The Croatian data protection authority (AZOP) handed down its largest penalty under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to date: a fine of nearly 2.3 million euros (U.S. $2.5 million) against debt collector B2 Kapital.
The enforcement action, announced in English in a May 4 press release by AZOP, is the first to include a GDPR fine surpassing seven figures in the country, according to the GDPR Enforcement Tracker. The previous high recorded was a penalty of €285,000 (then-U.S. $291,000) against a telecommunications firm in July.
AZOP said it uncovered violations of multiple articles of the GDPR at B2 in its investigation, several of which the regulator claims have still yet to be remedied.
2023-10-13T14:39:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Debt collector EOS Matrix said it will challenge a General Data Protection Regulation penalty levied against it by the Croatian data protection authority after finding the data in question in the case does not match the data in its database.
2023-05-12T13:51:00Z By Neil Hodge
A decision by Europe’s Supreme Court regarding Austria’s main postal service might make it easier for the bloc’s citizens to bring legal claims for privacy breaches—with potentially unlimited scope for damages.
2023-04-04T20:12:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Social media platform TikTok was fined £12.7 million (U.S. $15.9 million) by the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office for using the personal data of children without parental consent and other violations of data protection mandates.
2025-07-02T18:31:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Emerging enforcement priorities of the U.S. Department of Justice’s health care fraud division align with the Trump administration’s emphasis on prosecuting transnational criminal organizations and ending opioid trafficking.
2025-07-01T23:26:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has yet to keep up the level of enforcement it had under previous chair Lina Khan. The agency, however, returned to antitrust action in the case of fuel stations, just in time for the July 4th holiday.
2025-06-25T16:29:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
In May, three commissioners for the Consumer Product Safety Commission were abruptly fired by President Donald Trump and sued for their jobs shortly after. A federal judge has ruled that the commissioners should be reinstated, although it’s unclear whether that ruling may itself be reversed.
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