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Fines for GDPR transgressions are administered by the 28 national government's data privacy regulators. The money also goes into the countries' coffers, not the

Fines for GDPR transgressions are administered by the 28 national government's data privacy regulators. The money also goes into the countries' coffers, not the European Union. See for example https://www.gdpreu.org/compliance/fines-and-penalties/ https://www.gdpreu.org/compliance/fines-and-penalties/. But GDPR is mostly not about fines, but about the rights of citizen (/consumers) to get information, request deletion, etc. Citizen can file lawsuits in their local courts. It's somewhat improbable (as in: it has never happened) for the EU to disregard a judgement, just like the US government complies with adverse judgements by the Supreme Court.

jdietrich 8y ago
The regulators can (and do) take enforcement action against government bodies. Some recent examples from the UK: https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/enforcement/?facet_type=&facet_sector=Local+government&facet_sector=Central+government&facet_date=&date_from=&date_to= https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/enforcement/?facet_type...
- matt4077 8y ago
  > The regulators can (and do) take enforcement action against government bodies. I did not dispute this. I merely said enforcement is usually not accomplished via fines when targeted against government bodies, because those are inherently expected to comply without the necessity of threats. Skimming two of the linked pdfs, these did not mention fines.