[jacquesm]

Some pretty big fines have been issued already. See:

https://www.enforcementtracker.com/

Over time I expect them to go up further as companies can no longer claim they did not have enough time or were not aware of the law (that never was a defense anyway but DPAs tend to be lenient. So far).

Since the GDPR has come into effect I see in my practice that companies are a lot more aware of their responsibilities towards their users, have better processes and security in place. Is it perfect? Not by a long shot but the improvement is immense and as time goes by and more companies end up setting an example of how things should be done and those that don't end up getting find I expect this trend to continue.

What I like most about the GDPR is that it steers towards compliance, not towards making life of businesses unnecessary harder.

Contrary to you I think the GDPR is a resounding success, the only thing that would make it much better still is if other areas of the world would take up similar legislation so the playing field would level.

[ohazi]

I mean, I genuinely hope I'm wrong here, so I'm happy if other people are disagreeing with my interpretation.

[jaclaz]

I dont know.

From what I can understand of German/Google translate, the third from top:

https://www.enforcementtracker.com/

Link to .pdf:

https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/Dsk/DSBT_20180927_DSB_D5...

Is the Austrian Authorities making a 300 Euro fine to a "common citizen" making "illegal" use of a dashcam (it seems - but I am not sure about it - that the issue is that the car is not - how? - visibly marked as videorecording?).

Anyone more familiar with German (and legal German) can clear the matter/explain?

[jacquesm]

Why would you pick that example, rather than the 16 million fine an Italian company received?

[jaclaz]

As a counter example to the "success" you mentioned.

Again if I got it right a "common user" got stinged because of a dashcam.

The Italian example you refer to is actually a success, like most other ones, I was objecting not to the Law in itself (that is IMHO a good one) but rather on how it is applied, here and there, in spots and seemingly in a random way.