Bulgaria is among the EU countries imposing the highest fines under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which has been in place for two years. This country ranks 9th with fines imposed amounting to 3.21 million euro, Buy Shares reports.
The biggest fine was imposed on the National Revenue Agency – over 2.6 million euro – for personal data breach. The second biggest fine was imposed on DSK Bank in 2019 - 500,000 euro – for the unauthorized disclosure of the personal data of 33,492 clients with over 23,000 credit records which were communicated to third parties. Third comes an unnamed telecom operator fined 27,000 euro, investor.bg writes.
Convictions for high-level corruption in Bulgaria have been few so far. Sustained progress against high-level corruption is needed. This was stated by EU Commissioner for Justice, Michael McGrath, after the meeting of the EU General..
The companies of Lukoil will continue to operate with full transparency and fuel supplies will not be interrupted. This is written in a statement from the Russian oil company, signed by the newly appointed special commercial manager..
Svetlan Stoev is the new ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to Switzerland. The presidential decree was published on November 18 in the State Gazette. Stoev is a career diplomat. He started working at the..
On Tuesday, overnight lows will range from 7°C to 12°C, rising to 12–16°C in eastern Bulgaria and around 9°C in Sofia. It will be a cloudy day with rain,..
The European Commission has approved 70 projects across the EU , worth more than €600 million , to support alternative fuels and reduce vehicle..
According to data from the National Seismological Center at the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography - BAS, at 16:48 an earthquake..
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