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5 Years of the GDPR: National Authorities let down European Legislator

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. 85% of noyb cases not decided.On 25 May 2018, the GDPR came into force. While the contents of EU data protection rules stayed largely the same, the alleged big change was the GDPR's strict enforcement. 5 years later, national authorities and courts largely leave the European legislator in the lurch – despite a budget of more than €330 million in 2022.noyb provides the following resources on the 5 year anniversary:Detailed data on noyb’s 800+ GDPR cases, showing that more than 85% of all noyb cases are not decided – 470 complaints have been awaiting a decision for more than 1.5 yearsnoyb's "GDPR Trap Map" with many of the national procedural issues to click through“Country profiles” with specific issues in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece (EN/ GR), Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands (EN/ NL), Poland and SpainOur website with a proposal for a GDPR Procedures Regulation that could overcome many of the GDPR enforcement issuesMeta € 1.2 billion fine is an example of enforcem