Chapter 21
Supervisory Authorities, Remedies, Liabilities, and Penalties
IN THIS CHAPTER
Overviewing supervisory authorities
Looking at supervisory authorities and lead authorities
Knowing to whom to report a data breach
Perusing the finer details of supervisory authority powers
Reviewing data subject complaints and judicial remedies
Going over compensation, fines, and other penalties
Data protection authorities (DPAs) are independent public entities that provide advice on data protection issues and investigate complaints of violations. In particular, supervisory authorities (SAs) are DPAs helping to uphold the GDPR and relevant EU member state laws. One key change with the GDPR is that supervisory authorities — compared to DPAs of past data protection regulation — have greatly enhanced powers to impose large fines and other sanctions on organizations that aren’t complying with the ...
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