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GDPR / CCPA Gross Revenue Penalty Simulator.

Models the existential vulnerability to a company's Balance Sheet when data privacy regulators enforce GDPR Article 83 tiered fines against global Annual Gross Revenue.

## The 'Global Revenue' Death Sentence

Most modern legal fines calculate penalties based on a company's physical footprint or gross profit within a specific state. The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) mathematically broke this precedent: Regulators calculate the fine dynamically against Global Annual Gross Revenue.

### FAQ

**Q: Why does GDPR bankrupt startups?**
A: If a startup bleeding Venture Capital has $0 in Profit, but $400M in Gross Revenue... the EU does not care that they have no cash. A Tier 2 violation (e.g. leaking raw SQL databases containing email addresses) legally caps the fine at 4% of $400M, instantly extracting a $16,000,000 penalty. It forces security OPEX to become a board-level existential survival metric.