How will the BA Fine affect IT security? After over a year of delay, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) finally issued their much-anticipated Penalty Notice against British Airways on 16th October 2020. There have been headlines and debate around the …
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The BA Fine – The boardroom’s responsibilities: what are your business risks?
Categories: Breach, Fines, GDPR, ICO, Public Information, Security, UncategorisedHow will the BA fine affect your business? After over a year of delay, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) finally issued their much-anticipated Penalty Notice against British Airways on 16th October 2020. There have been headlines and debate around the …
The BA Fine – The Data Protection Landscape is Changing
Categories: Breach, Fines, GDPR, ICO, Public Information, SecurityHow will the BA Fine affect the data protection landscape? After over a year of delay, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) finally issued their much-anticipated Penalty Notice against British Airways on 16th October 2020. There have been headlines and debate …
Cathay Pacific Enforcement Action
Categories: Fines, ICO, Public InformationThe ICO has recently issued an enforcement notice under the Data Protection Act 1998 against Cathay Pacific Airways imposing a monetary penalty notice of £500,000 (the maximum allowable) for breaches of the data protection principles. Primarily these related to the …
Data Protection Enforcement Updates
Categories: Fines, GDPR, ICOIn addition to the ICO’s recent enforcement action taken against Doorstep Dispensary, European data protection regulators have been active with some interesting cases that are worth highlighting: In Greece, the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) fined an organisation €15,000 for installing and using …
Five Lessons to Learn From the First GDPR Fine
Categories: Breach, Fines, GDPR, Guidance, ICO, Public Information, Security, Transparency, UncategorisedSo we’ve finally entered the brave new world. The first GDPR fine has arrived, just the 571 days since the GDPR came into force(!) Those desperate for the era of loud headlines about massive fines will be disappointed. The initial …
Recent GDPR Enforcement Action in Europe
Categories: Consent, Data Sharing, Fines, GDPR, Security, Transparency, UncategorisedOctober and November have seen two significant pieces of GDPR enforcement action in Europe with the supervisory authorities in Germany and Austria both issuing multi-million Euro fines for breaches of the GDPR principles. Germany In Germany, the Berlin Data …
Business Altering: what the BA fine means for you
Categories: Breach, Fines, GDPR, Security£183m for BA – under the GDPR. £0.5m for Facebook – under the old DPA 1998. The difference between the previous maximum fine and the headlines on BA’s GDPR fine are startling. The first point: BA has only been issued …
GDPR Webinar – 1 year on, how has case law evolved?
Categories: Consent, Fines, GDPR, TransparencyGDPR Webinar recording now available – click here! In this GDPR webinar, we will look at the latest data protection enforcement action and case law emerging in the UK and across Europe, the issues arising and how to avoid similar …
5 Tips for Incident Management
Categories: Accuracy, Breach, Brexit, Charities, Charities: ICO, Consent, Data Protection Act 2018, Data Sharing, DFE, Fines, Fundraising, GDPR, Guidance, ICO, Public Information, Security, Transparency, UncategorizedThis article is not a guide about how to handle a notifiable breach. By now, you’re all familiar with the ICO Guidance on that. This piece is about the day to day handling of incidents based on over a decade …