DLA Piper's latest annual General Data Protection Regulation Fines and Data Breach Survey found European supervisory authorities issued 1.64 billion euros in fines since Jan. 28, 2022, a 50% increase over the prior year. Five of the top 10 fines came from Ireland's Data Protection Commission, some targeting behavioral advertising practices. "These have the potential to be every bit as profound for the future of the grand bargain struck between online service providers and consumers as Schrems II has been for international data transfers," U.K. Data Protection and Cybersecurity Group Chair Ross McKean said.