The German data protection authority (BfDI) has fined Vodafone GmbH, the telecommunications company's German subsidiary, €45 million ($51.4 million) for privacy and security violations.

BfDI record fines: Vodafone pays 45 million euros The Federal Data Protection Commissioner imposed a record fine on the Vodafone Group for breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation.

Vodafone's German subsidiary has been fined 45 million euros ($51.5 million) over breaches of European Union data protection laws committed in the past. Germany's BfDI agency, which oversees data ...