> Can everyone just stop repeating this, pretty please? That is the maximum penalty. You'd have to try really, really hard to get that kind of penalty. For mino

> Can everyone just stop repeating this, pretty please? That is the maximum penalty. You'd have to try really, really hard to get that kind of penalty. For minor transgressions, you're likely to get away with a reprimand. I find this really ridiculous as well. To run a business, there's lots of rules you have to follow which can result in fines and even jail time if you make mistakes (taxes for example where the rules are complex). If every small transgression for every rule was hit with the maximum penalty, nobody would be able to risk doing anything. The large GDPR fines to me seem to be aimed at big companies so more than a slap on the wrist can be issued for abusing vast amounts of personal information. I don't think small companies need to be blocking EU users because they're worried they might make a mistake in how they implement their newsletter consent checkbox for example.