Pharmacy receives ICO’s first GDPR fine
A pharmacy in London has become the first organisation to receive a GDPR fine in the UK from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The fine … Read more
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Latvian “ICO” issues €7k fine for right of erasure failing
The Latvian Data Protection Authority (the Data State Inspectorate of Latvia (DSI)) has issued a fine of €7000 to an online retailer for non-conformity with … Read more
Learnings about data security from an £80k ICO fine for an estate agent
The ICO have fined estate agent, Life at Parliament View Limited (LPV), £80,000 for security failings relating to tenant information. The breach occurred in 2015 … Read more
Who’s looking after your data protection compliance?
In March 2019 a First-tier Tribunal was held between Farrow and Ball Ltd and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). In its work to chase down … Read more
£145k fine for data sharing process failings
In April 2019 the ICO issued a fine for £145,000 to the London Borough of Newham for unlawfully disclosing personal data of more than 200 … Read more
First GDPR fine in Poland for breach of Article 14 of the GDPR
The Polish data protection authority (UODO) has fined a company PLN943k (about £188k) for failure to inform data subjects about how they came to have … Read more
Pension company fine highlights perils of bad advice and non-compliance
Grove Pension Solutions Ltd has been fined £40,000 for sending just over 2 million unsolicited emails. What’s interesting about this case is that a third-party … Read more
ICO enforcement highlights the cost of ignoring subject access requests
Recent enforcement by the ICO against Magnacrest Ltd highlights the cost of ignoring not only your own data subjects, but also the ICO. Magancrest have … Read more
First significant GDPR fine hits Google (£44m)
The French data regulator, CNIL, (the French equivalent of the UK’s ICO) has fined Google €50m, a record when it comes to data protection fines. … Read more
ICO fines Carphone Warehouse £400k
Carphone Warehouse have been issued with one of the largest fines by the Information Commissioner’s Office after customer and employee data was compromised after a … Read more