[Etheryte]

What do you mean? Big tech companies pay fines much the same way regular companies pay fines. Going to court and other foreplay notwithstanding, it's generally just a bank transfer to the relevant authority. If you messed up on taxes you usually pay to the tax authority of that country, for many other matters it's often whatever the equivalent of the ministry of finance is. Of course this differs from country to country, but this is a pretty straightforward matter in general. I'm not sure where the confusion comes from?

[nonrandomstring]

You say that, but with respect, "the relevant authorities" doesn't add what I'm looking for.

> I'm not sure where the confusion comes from?

There is no confusion, there's a lack of concrete factual knowledge. That's different.

Who exactly takes that money? When and how? And how does that translate into a win for the victims?

[pjc50]

https://cms.law/en/int/publication/gdpr-enforcement-tracker-... : "Fines are transferred to the state treasury". Which makes sense, this is usually what happens with fines.

(is this a situation of coming from a US background and being confused about how a unitary state works?)