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UK data watchdog kicks £280m British Airways and Marriott GDPR fines into legal long grass
2020-01-13 09:06

The UK Information Commissioner's Office has kicked £280m in data breach fines against British Airways and US hotel chain Marriott into the long grass. As spotted by City law firm Mishcon de Reya, the ICO has extended the time before it will fine the two companies what it claimed would be a total of £282m, split between BA's £183m and Marriott's £99m. In a statement the UK's data protection regulator said: "Under Schedule 16 of the Data Protection Act 2018, BA and the ICO have agreed to an extension of the regulatory process until 31 March 2020. As the regulatory process is ongoing we will not be commenting any further at this time."

Web Hosting Firm Slapped With $10 Million GDPR Fine
2019-12-16 17:57

$10 Million GDPR Fine Imposed on German Telco 1&1 read more

VMware warning, OpenBSD gimme-root hole again, telco hit with GDPR fine, Ring camera hijackings, and more
2019-12-16 09:11

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GDPR Violation: German Privacy Regulator Fines 1&1 Telecom
2019-12-10 13:48

$11 Million Fine for Authentication Shortcomings at Telecommunications ProviderOne of the largest fines to date for violating the EU's General Data Protection Regulation has been announced by...

GDPR Breach: German Privacy Regulator Fines 1&1 Telecom
2019-12-10 11:33

$11 Million Fine for Authentication Shortcomings at Telecommunications ProviderOne of the largest fines to date for breaching the EU's General Data Protection Regulation has been announced by...

Despite potential fines, GDPR compliance rate remains low
2019-12-04 06:15

58% of surveyed businesses worldwide failed to address requests made from individuals seeking to obtain a copy of their personal data as required by GDPR within the one-month time limit set out in...

Take Two: Why Organizations Are Reviewing GDPR Efforts
2019-11-11 16:33

PwC's Polly Ralph on Data Breach Preparation and Remediation TrendsThe EU's General Data Protection Regulation rewrote the rules of the data privacy and breach notification game when it went into...

OnDemand Webinar | Post-GDPR and CCPA: What Must Security Leaders Know about Privacy?
2019-10-03 17:48

The new interdependence of security and privacy within the enterprise...Watch this webinar and learn about the interdependence of security and privacy.

Companies vastly overestimating their GDPR readiness, only 28% achieving compliance
2019-09-30 05:00

Over a year on from the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Capgemini Research Institute has found that companies vastly overestimated their readiness for the new...

The Global Reach of GDPR
2019-09-19 13:53

It isn’t that no one saw it coming.  After all, today’s regimen of European Union General Data Protection Regulations had been crafted under public scrutiny since 2012 and in full force since May...