A comparative study shows that there are huge variations in the level of inspections and fines in the EU. the legal reality is that we are faced with a big “collage” of different jurisdictions, authorities and competencies on a European and global level. For example, Spain is the country responsible for the 80% of data protection fines in the EU due to its legislation in terms of Privacy and Data Protection

1. Reproduced with permission from Privacy & Security Law Report, 13 PVLR 823, 05/12/2014. Copyright ஽ 2014 by
The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com
Privacy Enforcers in the EU: A Comparative Study
Of National Data Protection Agencies’ Annual Reports
BY AURE´LIE POLS
F
ollowing are graphics highlighting comparisons of selected topics discussed in the annual reports of data pro-
tection authorities in various European Union member states.
17 %
83 %
S l mnly public
budg t inanc d
L ss-making
ag nci s
Balanc d
budg t
M d rat surplus
(up t 25%)
High surplus
( v r 50%)
SOURCES OF FUNDING
DIStRIbUtION OF DPAs bUDGEtS
9
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5
8
7
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SPAIN
MAjoR SURPLUS
-32%
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RePublIC
MAjoR DefICIT
Data Pr t cti n Ag nci s ar rar ly hug m n y l sing
nt rpris s r eur p an c untri s, n th c ntrary! With Spain
l adingth way,th right quilibriumn dst b undb tw n
having a balanc d budg t, pr t cting citiz ns’ rights and
st ring c n mic gr wth thr ugh nurtur d ntr pr n urship.
DPAs and th ir inanc s: wh r d s th m n y
c m r m & is Data Pr t cti n a c st?
DPAs ar public budg t inanc d t c v r uncti ning c sts. Th ways
all cating this budg t vari s p r c untry. S m c untri s als charg s r
r gist ring th ir data il s whil th rs r ly m r n in s t assur r v nu .
INCoMe
CoSTS
f s and public
budg t inanc d
Ppulatin(inmillins)
P pulati n
Budg t
DPAsannualbudgt(inurs)
DPA bUDGEt AND POPUlAtION
Hungary
Irland
Ic
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P
rtugal
UK
R
mania
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Italy
CzchR
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Latvia
Slvnia
N
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Bulgaria
D
nmark
L
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finland
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Slvakia
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25.000.000
20.000.000
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2. COUNtRIES wIth thE hIGhESt
RISk OF SANCtIONS
(total sanctions / # of inspections)
COUNtRIES wIth thE hIGhESt
AvERAGE SANCtIONS
(total amount earned by sanctions / # of total sanctions)
COUNtRIES wIth mOSt CItIzEN COmPlAINtS COUNtRIES DOING thE mOSt INSPECtIONS
Whil th high st av rag am unt sancti ns g s t th UK, th ICo als nj ys th l w st sancti ns and insp cti ns c mpar d t citiz ns
c mplaints. Additi nally, c untri s ar als limit d in th maximum am unt sancti ns th y can attribut .
UK franc Hungary
Spain D nmark B lgium Ir land
P land
16.000
12.000
8.000
4.000
0
C mplaints
franc
P rtugal
Sl v nia
Italy
UKSl vakia
Sw d n
500
400
300
200
100
0
Insp cti ns
13.800 5.389 2.929
421.350
UK Spain Hungary
200€
R mania8.800€
Italy
135.650€Unit d Kingd m
34.000€
Spain
1.700€
P rtugal
370€
N th rlands
LoWeST
75%
R mania
38%
Italy
55%
Unit d Kingd m
11%
Spain(*)
79%P rtugal
21%
N th rlands
LoWeR
RISK
DPAs and th ir activiti s: what is all this m n y
us d r & d s it d nd citiz ns’ rights?
DPAs xist t d nd citiz ns’ rights t data pr t cti n. Whil sancti ns ar th m st publiciz d
utc m s, th ir daily tasks r v rt ar und c nsulting, insp cting and ll wing-up n c mplaints
r d nunciati ns -think th ombudsman typ pr il - whil giving r c mm ndati ns.
UK franc Hungary
Spain D nmark B lgium Ir land
P land
16.000
12.000
8.000
4.000
0
C mplaints
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3. NUmbER OF SANCtIONS PER COUNtRy
SANCtIONS IN thE lIGht OF COmPlAINtS
mAxImUm
AmOUNt OF
SANCtIONS
DPAS CAN
hAND OUt
(in euros)
AmOUNt GAINED by SANCtIONS PER COUNtRy
As th data manating rom th annual r ports w look d at is so disparat , it rapidly
b cam dang rous to go into urth r d tail. W did want to l av you with som id as
o quantity and amount o sanctions or th last availabl y ar or ach DPA as w ll as
maximum in s ach country is allow d, by law, to hand out.
Sanctions
Amount gain d
by sanctions
Portugal
Italy
Spain
UK
€- 5.000 10.000 15.000 20.000 25.000 30.000 35.000 40.000 135.000 140.000
Portugal Italy Spain UK
Av rag sanction € 1,690 € 8,823 € 34,091 € 135,650
Av rag sanction g n rat d by a complaint € 681 € 5,837 € 2,550 € 230
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Spain
Italy
estonia
Latvia
franc
Bulgaria
Slovnia
Portugal
Romania
UK
Slovakia
N
th
rlands
Hungary
CzchR
public
572
19.500.000 €
3.120.000 €
1.500.000 €
644.000 €
Spain
Spain
UK
3
20.000.000
19.500.000
19.000.000
18.500.000
18.000.000
3.000.000
2.500.000
2.000.000
1.500.000
1.000.000
500.000
0
Spain
UK
Italy
Portugal
franc
Bulgaria
Romania
Irland
N
th
rlands
CzchR
public
Min Max
UK 606,642
Spain 900 600,000
Cz ch R public 204,000 408,000
G rmany 50,000 300,000
Poland 270,000
N th rlands 250,000
franc 150,000
Gr c 146,000
Italy 6,000 120,000
Hungary 36,000
Portugal 250 30,000
Switz rland 7,900
 All the amount are in € currency, the currency is in constant value of last october, in order to do the comparison and comprehension of information easier.
M trics and KPIs
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