GDPR fines are seemingly like buses, you wait over a year for enforcement action by the UK’s data supervisory authority, the ICO, and then two come along at once – and with quite dramatic effect.
The ICO has stretched its...more
7/25/2019
/ British Airways ,
Corporate Fines ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
Marriott ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
UK
Taxation of termination payments draft legislation published -
At present, in certain circumstances the first £30,000 of a termination payment is exempt from income tax and national insurance ("NIC"). However, there have...more
11/8/2016
/ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Rights Act ,
Equality Act ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Protected Disclosures ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Taxable Income ,
Termination Payments ,
UK ,
UK Employment Appeal Tribunal ,
Unfair Dismissal ,
Unilateral Modification ,
Whistleblowers
TalkTalk, a major UK telecoms company, has been fined £400,000 for a data breach after they were hacked. This is a record fine given by the ICO (the UK’s data protection authority). Significantly the fine was imposed after a...more