GDPR Fines and Penalties: Protect Your Business 
                     
                             



 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GDPR Fines and Penalties: 

Protect Your Business  


 
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GDPR imposes a large amount 

fine of 20 million Euros or 4 

percent of annual global turnover 

for non- compliance, whichever is 

highest. GDPR is an important 

data privacy policy that affects 

every business worldwide for all 

individuals within the European 

Union (EU) and companies that 

have distribution or clientele in Europe must follow the GDPR mandate. This 

regulates helps companies and business for better protection of consumer 

privacy and to ensure better handling of all customer information. 

 

Personal data or information from a person in Europe, are subject to more 

security and protection policies. Each and every company or business must 

provide access to the privacy policies of a company to the customers. The 

companies which don’t have a current customer base and if any employees that 

work in the EU can be affected by GDPR.  

 

Many companies such as Google (GOOGLE), Facebook (FB) and other big tech 

companies are affected by the changes. It is difficult to comply these large 

companies as they are handling a huge amount of data. It is really important to 

make your company and business to comply with GDPR to avoid heavy 

penalties.  

 

Types of business under GDPR regulations:  

 

● Cloud service providers 

● Insurance companies 

● Telecommunication companies 

● E-gaming sites 

● Apps or websites that use cookies or other means of tracking behavior 

● Websites accepting payment in Euros or targeted at residents of a 

particular EU country or countries.  

● Use of an IOM company by a non-EU company to offer its goods and 

services to EU residents. 


 
 +353 1 4 111011                                                              gdprcourse.com 

 

Effective methods to avoid GDPR Fines  

1. Make sure all data is organised. 

2. Make sure all personal data is securely stored.  

3. Have a documented policy on data processing.  

4. Delete data that you don't need. 

5. Have a process in place for data deletion.  

6. Change all marketing Opt in to active consent.  

7. Implement double Opt in for all mailing lists. 

 

There are many criteria to determine the amount of the fine for a non-compliant 

company or business: 

 

Nature of Contravention:  Many business and companies are affected, 

damaged during contravention, and purpose of processing 

Mitigation: During the migration of data  

Preventative measures: Is the company take any preventive measures towards 

GDPR compliance before.  

History: Past administrative corrective actions under the GDPR, from warnings 

to bans on processing and fines. 

Data type: what types of data is been processed.  

Notification: whether the Contravention was reported to the supervisory 

authority by the company itself or a third party 

Certification: whether the firm had qualified under approved certifications. 

Other: Other factors include the financial impact on the firm from the 

contravention 

 

So, it is always better to take a certified course in GDPR from an affiliated 

company to avoid heavy penalties due to non- compliance.