The European Unions General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has come into force. Data regulators in the EU are able to fine upwards of 20 million. 2019 could well see the cost of failure skyrocket due to large-scale data breaches. Uber’s poor handling of its 2016 breach has cost it close to $150 million. Weakly protected and heavy-regulated health data has cost medical facilities big, resulting in increasingly large fines from the US Department of Health and Human Services.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3316569/biggest-data-breach-penalties-for-2018.html