With the UK planning on leaving the EU within months, questions have been raised over the impact of the GDPR in the UK when they are no longer part of the EU, and the implications for cross-border trade. Will the GDPR still apply to the UK? Even in the case of a no-deal Brexit? Do […]
Marriott International (Marriott) faces a £99m fine or more for a data breach that took place in 2014 at the Starwood hotels group due to poor security practices. Marriott acquired Starwood in 2016 and, according to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), did not undertake sufficient due diligence during the acquisition of the group. Further, […]
British Airways (BA) faces a £183m fine for a data breach that took place in June of last year, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced on Monday. It is the biggest penalty that any data protection authority has doled out yet, dwarfing the previous record of €50 million that France’s CNIL slapped on Google […]
