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administrative fine

noun/ədˈmɪnɪstrətɪv faɪn/

B1CEFR level
40/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

A financial penalty imposed by a supervisory authority for infringement of the GDPR, capped at the higher of 20 million euros or 4% of global annual turnover for the most serious breaches.

The regulator imposed an administrative fine of 2% of the group's worldwide turnover.

Similar: monetary penalty

Topic: Data protection & privacy in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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