Breach and Fine Tracker

Directory · 45 entries

Data protection regulators directory

This directory lists data protection and breach regulators with the law they apply, the breach notice deadline and the maximum fine as written in law. EU and EEA authorities are taken from the EDPB member list 1 and share the GDPR deadline 2 and fine ceilings 3. Other entries come from each regulator or statute 4,5 6. A cell marked not confirmed was not found in a source read.

Last checked 24 October 2026

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Notes

  • For Germany, the EDPB member list names the federal authority, the BfDI 1.
  • The GDPR lower tier of €10 million or 2% applies to duties such as breach notice under Articles 25 to 39 3.
  • US state rows show four states only. The NCSL says every state has a breach law 28.

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Sources

  1. EDPB: Members
  2. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (consolidated text)
  3. legislation.gov.uk: Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Article 83, General conditions for imposing administrative fines (original version as adopted by the EU)
  4. ICO: The maximum amount of a fine under UK GDPR and DPA 2018
  5. HHS: Breach Notification Rule
  6. Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: What you need to know about mandatory reporting of breaches of security safeguards
  7. ICO: Personal data breaches: a guide (20 August 2025)
  8. ICO: Enforcement action
  9. HHS Office for Civil Rights: Breach Portal
  10. FTC: A Brief Overview of the Federal Trade Commission's Investigative, Law Enforcement, and Rulemaking Authority (revised July 2025)
  11. FTC: FTC Safeguards Rule: What Your Business Needs to Know
  12. SEC: SEC Adopts Rules on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure by Public Companies (26 July 2023)
  13. State of California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General: Data Security Breach Reporting
  14. Washington State Legislature: RCW 19.255.010
  15. Florida Legislature: Florida Statutes 501.171, Security of confidential personal information
  16. New York State Senate: General Business Law Section 899-AA
  17. Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: Prioritizing privacy in a data-driven world, 2024-2025 Annual Report to Parliament on the Privacy Act and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (5 June 2025)
  18. OAIC: About the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme
  19. OAIC: Australian Clinical Labs ordered to pay penalties in relation to Medlab Pathology data breach in first for Privacy Act (9 October 2025)
  20. OAIC: Notifiable Data Breaches Report: July to December 2024 (13 May 2025)
  21. PDPC: Report Your Organisation's Data Breach
  22. Press Information Bureau, Government of India: DPDP Rules, 2025 Notified (17 November 2025)
  23. ANPD: Comunicação de Incidente de Segurança
  24. Presidência da República: Lei nº 13.709, de 14 de agosto de 2018, Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais
  25. Information Regulator (South Africa): Who makes an application to process Special Personal Information?
  26. Information Regulator: Enforcement Notices
  27. Kenya Law: Data Protection Act (Cap. 411C)
  28. NCSL: Security Breach Notification Laws (updated 17 January 2022)