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Since entering into force in May 2018, the EU General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to all entities in the
European Economic Area (EEA) and - due to the extended territorial
scope - to a large extent also to entities outside of the EEA. The
GDPR has led to a significant rise in data protection compliance
duties. In case of violations, companies may face fines of up to 4%
of the global annual turnover of the whole company group.
Supervisory authorities do not seem to be afraid to push those