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Privacy Enforcers in the EU: A Comparative StudyOf National Data Protection Agencies’ Annual Reports

BY AURELIE POLS

F ollowing are graphics highlighting comparisons of selected topics discussed in the annual reports of data pro-tection authorities in various European Union member states.

17 %

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DPAs and th"ir #inanc"s: wh"r" d!"s th" m!n"yc!m" #r!m & is Data Pr!t"cti!n a c!st?DPAs ar" public budg"t #inanc"d t! c!v"r #uncti!ning c!sts. Th" ways !#all!cating this budg"t vari"s p"r c!untry. S!m" c!untri"s als! charg" #""s #!rr"gist"ring th"ir data #il"s whil" !th"rs r"ly m!r" !n #in"s t! assur" r"v"nu".

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COUNtRIES wIth thE hIGhEStRISk OF SANCtIONS

(total sanctions / # of inspections)

COUNtRIES wIth thE hIGhEStAvERAGE SANCtIONS

(total amount earned by sanctions / # of total sanctions)

COUNtRIES wIth mOSt CItIzEN COmPlAINtS COUNtRIES DOING thE mOSt INSPECtIONS

Whil! th! high!st av!rag! am"unt "# sancti"ns g"!s t" th! UK, th! ICo als" !nj"ys th! l"w!st sancti"ns and insp!cti"ns c"mpar!d t" citiz!nsc"mplaints. Additi"nally, c"untri!s ar! als" limit!d in th! maximum am"unt "# sancti"ns th!y can attribut!.

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DPAs and th!ir activiti!s: what is all this m"n!yus!d #"r & d"!s it d!#!nd citiz!ns’ rights?DPAs !xist t" d!#!nd citiz!ns’ rights t" data pr"t!cti"n. Whil! sancti"ns ar! th! m"st publiciz!d"utc"m!s, th!ir daily tasks r!v!rt ar"und c"nsulting, insp!cting and #"ll"wing-up "n c"mplaints"r d!nunciati"ns -think "# th! ombudsman typ! "# pr"#il!- whil! giving r!c"mm!ndati"ns.

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NUmbER OF SANCtIONS PER COUNtRy

SANCtIONS IN thE lIGht OF COmPlAINtS

mAxImUmAmOUNt OFSANCtIONSDPAS CANhAND OUt(in euros)

AmOUNt GAINED by SANCtIONS PER COUNtRy

As th! data !manating "rom th! annual r!ports w! look!d at is so disparat!, it rapidlyb!cam! dang!rous to go into "urth!r d!tail. W! did want to l!av! you with som! id!aso" quantity and amount o" sanctions "or th! last availabl! y!ar "or !ach DPA as w!ll asmaximum "in!s !ach country is allow!d, by law, to hand out.

Sanctions

Amount gain!dby sanctions

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Italy

Spain

UK

#- 5.000 10.000 15.000 20.000 25.000 30.000 35.000 40.000 135.000 140.000

Portugal Italy Spain UKAv!rag! sanction # 1,690 # 8,823 # 34,091 # 135,650Av!rag! sanction g!n!rat!d by a complaint # 681 # 5,837 # 2,550 # 230

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G!rmany 50,000 300,000Poland 270,000

N!th!rlands 250,000franc! 150,000Gr!!c! 146,000

Italy 6,000 120,000Hungary 36,000Portugal 250 30,000

Switz!rland 7,900

! All the amount are in ! currency, the currency is in constant value of last october, in order to do the comparison and comprehension of information easier.

M!trics and KPIs

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