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12
Nov 2020

Section: * BUSINESS *

ICO issues company with £18.4 million fine for not keeping customer data secure

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s independent body who oversees all things data protection and compliance. The ICO has fined Marriott International Inc. (the international hotel chain) under GDPR a substantial sum of £18.4 million for failing to keep millions of customers’ data secure following a cyber-attack on Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide…

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14
Mar 2019

GDPR – Cost v Consequence

Many businesses, traders and organisations who process ‘personal data’ probably don’t know that they are more likely than not to be required to pay an annual fee to the Information Commissioners Office (‘ICO’), unless in limited circumstances in which they may be exempt. When the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) came into force back in…

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