UK businesses will be unable to pay GDPR fines, says Proofpoint
Fewer than half of organisations said that they will be able to handle non-compliance fines, but many expect to be breached

Many organisations across Europe are resigning themselves to GDPR non-compliance, new research by Proofpoint shows. Despite having had two years to prepare, just 40 per cent of companies in the UK, France...
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