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Information Commissioner Office (ICO)

British Airways to pay more than £180M fine after 2018 data breach

Data protection specialists reported that British Airways is facing a fine of up to £180M due to the data breach that occurred in the company last year. After investigating the incident, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) concluded that “security deficiencies in the company” led to the loss of information such as personal data, bank […]

Fine for Heathrow Airport for missing memory stick

Heathrow Airport has been fined with £120k by the Information Commissioner Office for serious deficiencies in data protection The fact arose after a member of the airport staff personnel lost a memory stick last October; the device contained “confidential personal data”, which a user of the airport subsequently found, as reported by specialists in digital forensics from […]

GDPR and the generation of best practices in data protection

Countries around the world adapt their laws to current demands for data protection The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which has took effect since last May, has renewed the interest of organizations in spending on cybersecurity. Specialists in ethical hacking foresee that the GDPR will influence the budgetary decisions of 65% of the […]