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Slightly OT: how does the money from fines get used by the government that issued the fine? e.g. does it go into funding data privacy related activities/work?
by tiffanyh 1y ago
Slightly OT: how does the money from fines get used by the government that issued the fine?
e.g. does it go into funding data privacy related activities/work?
- edent 1y agoTaxes are very rarely hypothecated. In most countries, if you pay the "bear tax" it doesn't go into a big pot solely used for the eradication of bears. So fines like this normally go into the general pot of government spending. In the UK, data breach fines are spent on running the enforcement organisation - with the remainder going back to the state. https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/who-we-are/how-we-are-funded/ https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/who-we-are/how-we-are-funde...
- splatterxl 1y agoUK is not involved in this case. It's the Irish Data Protection Commission -- https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/who-we-are https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/who-we-are
- arlort 1y agoIn the EU it means next year member states have to pay a little bit less into the budget The EU budget itself doesn't really change so it's not "more money" in a practical sense (I realised I might've skipped a step but this fine is EU wide, not Ireland specific, the fine gets paid to the EU IIRC)