The ICO's power to impose fines for breaches of the UK Data Protection ... Article 83(3) of the UK GDPR states that the fine imposed for breaches related to "the same or linked" processing operations ...

Sizable fines assessed for data breaches ... fined £500,000 [~$625,000] in the UK for the 2017 breach, which was the maximum fine allowed under the pre-GDPR Data Protection Act 1998.

For instance, before GDPR in the UK, the Data Protection Act (DPA) imposed a maximum fine of £500,000 for companies with data breaches. Under the more stringent ... Aside from monetary fines, there ...

By Beverley Flynn,  left, head of data protection at law firm Stevens & Bolton and Laura Burge, right, a trainee solicitor in the team In order to ...

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Cyber attacks are increasing, but businesses aren’t helping themselves as half of those in the UK (50%) suffered a cyber attack or security breach in the last 12 months.

The largest local authority in Kent has been hit by multiple cyber attacks and forced to pay out thousands in compensation for data breaches. Kent County Council’s vulnerability is revealed in a ...

It is significant and it grows with every new high-profile data breach ... the UK information commissioner, had this to say to organizations concerned about GDPR fines: “…I hope by now ...

Ireland’s data-protection watchdog has handed out the biggest fines linked to breaches of GDPR rules since the regulations came into effect, according to figures published today (18 January). Law firm ...