Sizable fines assessed for data breaches since 2019 suggest that regulators are getting more serious about organizations that don’t properly protect consumer data. Marriott was hit with a $124 million fine, later reduced, while Equifax agreed to pay a minimum of $575 million for its 2017 breach.
Now, the Equifax fine has been eclipsed by the $1.19 billion fine levied against the Chinese firm Didi Global for violating that nation’s data protection laws, and by the $877 million fine against Amazon last year for running afoul of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe.
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