[torgard]

Here's a website tracking GDPR enforcement: https://www.enforcementtracker.com/

According to that website, one of Google's 10 fines is the highest fine ever, at €50 million. Hilariously, in a dystopian kind of way, they were fined €28 last year. Not as in millions, but twenty-eight euros.

Facebook only appears on the list once, with a paltry €51,000.

But in any case, the point of GDPR is not to bankrupt companies.

[CogitoCogito]

> But in any case, the point of GDPR is not to bankrupt companies.

It _should_ be.

Well okay that's a bit hyperbolic, but what I mean by that is that the point should be to _change_ behavior and if the fines necessary or the resulting change in business model leads to bankruptcy then that should be totally fine. Companies who cannot operate legally shouldn't continue operating.

[a1369209993]

> the highest fine ever, at €50 million

Which would a substansive (or even excessive) fine for a typical individual person or small business. For a multi-billion-dollar corporation, it's a operating expense.

> the point of GDPR is not to bankrupt companies.

The point of fines is to be too large to be operating expenses.