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UK GDPR and the Price of Non-Compliance: ICO Issues New Guidance on Calculating Fines

Mayer Brown on 4/26/2024

The Information Commissioner's Office (the "ICO") has clarified the methods it will use to calculate the fines it will issue for breaches of data privacy law in the UK by publishing its latest Data Protection Fining Guidance...more

Dechert Cyber Bits - Key Developments in Privacy & Cybersecurity - Issue 46

Dechert LLP on 12/15/2023

EU AI Act: Political Agreement Reached on Terms of Landmark Legislation - Negotiators for the European Council and the European Parliament have reached political agreement on the provisions of the EU Artificial...more

Ireland Fines Instagram €405 Million for Children’s Data Violations

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/15/2022

Ireland’s Data Privacy Commissioner will reportedly fine Instagram for its handling of children’s data. According to an investigation that began in 2020, Instagram published emails and phone numbers for children ages 13 to 17...more

Data Privacy Fines and Damages “Double Jeopardy”: UK Supreme Court Hears Google “Class Action”

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/30/2021

his week sees a key hearing before the UK Supreme Court in the case of Lloyd v Google, an event long awaited by those familiar with data protection law proceedings in Europe. The case concerns the so-called “safari...more

ICO fines Marriott 18.4 million pounds for data breach

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 1/12/2021

CEP Magazine (January 2021) - After extended investigations and negotiations, the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office levied a fine of £18.4 million against Marriott International Inc. for a data breach...more

ICO Fines: When Is An Appeal Appealing?

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/12/2020

The decision to appeal a regulatory finding is never taken lightly. By the time a regulator has completed its investigation and notified a company of its intention to fine, the company will have invested significant time and...more

GDPR enforcement actions: UK and Germany

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 1/29/2020

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 2 (January 23, 2020) - Two recent enforcement actions shed light on how regulators will enforce GDPR provisions going forward. In one case, the United Kingdom’s Information...more

GDPR Guide to National Implementation: United Kingdom - A practical guide to national GDPR compliance requirements across the EEA

White & Case LLP on 1/6/2020

Q1/ Applicable legislation - (a) Have the requirements of the GDPR been addressed by introducing a new law, or by updating existing legislation? New legislation has been passed. Brexit Note: The GDPR will apply in...more

UK ICO issues major fines and criticises lack of data protection due diligence in corporate acquisitions

White & Case LLP on 7/17/2019

The UK Information Commissioner's Office announced more than £280 million of fines last week, in connection with data protection breaches. It singled out the perceived failure of buyers to conduct proper data protection due...more

Record Fine Proposed Under GDPR

Bennett Jones LLP on 7/12/2019

Any doubt that the world of data protection changed profoundly when the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on May 25, 2018, were solidly dispelled when the United Kingdom’s Information...more

Largest GDPR Fine to Date: UK Regulator Issues Notice of Intent to Fine British Airways £183.39M

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/10/2019

On 8 July 2019, the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a Notice of Intent to fine British Airways (BA) £183.39 million (approximately $232 million). While the Notice of Intent, as the name suggests, is not a...more

Overview of ICO's Decision to Fine British Airways

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 7/10/2019

On July 8, 2019, the Information Commission’s Office (ICO) announced its intention to fine British Airways £183.39M ($230M), for infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)....more

British Airways Facing Major Fine Under GDPR For Data Breach

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/9/2019

If you wait for them, the big General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fines will come. UK Data protection authority, ICO, announced its intent to fine British Airways 183 million GBP (1.5 percent of annual revenue) for a...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/1/2019

In this month's Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine several recent U.K.-related cybersecurity developments and the SEC's risk alert reminding investment advisers and broker-dealers to follow through on implementing...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - October 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/1/2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the European Data Protection Board's published opinions on data protection impact assessments, an Ohio court's ruling that bitcoin is covered insured...more

Equifax Breach Affects 143M: If GDPR Were in Effect, What Would Be the Impact?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/14/2017

The security breach announced by Equifax Inc. on September 7, 2017, grabbed headlines around the world as Equifax revealed that personal data of roughly 143 million consumers in the United States and certain UK and Canadian...more

Consent under the General Data Protection Regulation: what are the alternatives for employers?

Dechert LLP on 8/22/2017

The UK's Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has launched a series of blogs designed to “bust some of the myths” which she believes have developed around the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Her first...more

ICO Issues Fine for Marketing Emails Disguised as Service Messages

Hogan Lovells on 3/31/2017

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a £70,000 fine against Flybe and a £13,000 fine against Honda Motor Europe Ltd for breaching Regulation 22 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR)...more

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