No business wants to face a fine of £17.4 million. But this is the consequence for infringement of any of the data protection principles or rights of individuals. In 2018 one of the biggest data-breaches seen in the UK was the theft of 12,000 files including 772 million email addresses and 21 million passwords. This […]
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NHS fined £200,000 by ICO for ‘truly shocking’ data breach
Over 3,000 patient records were found on a second-hand NHS computer that was auctioned on eBay. NHS Surrey failed to check that the data destruction company had properly disposed of the records. In a data breach quoted as one of the most serious they’ve ever seen, NHS Surrey has been fined £200,000 by the Information […]
Eircom & Meteor Made to Pay €15,000 Due Data Protection Breach
Telecoms companies Eircom and Meteor have been ordered to pay €15,000 each to charity after the details of over 10,000 customers were compromised when two unencrypted laptops were stolen. The companies were prosecuted by the Data Protection Commissioner before Dublin District Court today in relation to the data breach involving two laptops stolen from Eircom’s […]
