Tardiness with transposing data protection laws comes with a hefty fine.
The European Commission is asking the Court of Justice of the European Union to impose financial sanctions on Greece and Spain for failing to transpose the rules on the Data Protection Law Enforcement Directive before the May 6, 2018, deadline, according to a news release.
The commission is seeking a minimum lump sum of €1,310,000 and a daily penalty payment of €22,169.70 euros from Greece and a minimum lump sum of €5,290,000 and a daily penalty payment of €89, 548.20 from Spain. The lack of transposition by Spain and Greece creates a different level of protection of peoples’ rights and freedoms and hampers data exchanges between Greece and Spain on one side and other Member States who transposed the directive on the other side, according to the Commission.
Details from the European Commission.
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