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Category Archives: ICO
Viva Las Vegas
Act Now is pleased to announce that Ibrahim Hasan has accepted an invitation to address the 21st Annual NAPCP Commercial Card and Payment Conference in Las Vegas, April 6-9 2020. The NAPCP is a membership-based professional association committed to advancing … Continue reading
Posted in biometric data, Brunei, cyber security, Data Protection, Data Sharing, GDPR, ICO, International, USA
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A New (GDPR) Data Sharing Code
The law on data sharing is a minefield clouded with myths and misunderstandings. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently launched a consultation on an updated draft code of practice on this subject. Before drafting the new code, the ICO launched … Continue reading
The BA and Marriot Data Breaches: The ICO takes its gloves off!
This week we saw the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) finally signal its intention to use its powers to issue to issue Monetary Penalty Notices (fines) under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Two Notices of Intent have been issued. Both … Continue reading
Posted in Data Protection, DP ACT 2018, enforcement notice, EU DP Regulation, GDPR, ICO
Tagged British Airways, Databreach, fine, GDPR, ICO, Marriot
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GDPR: One Year on
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 came into force on 25th May 2018 with much fanfare. The biggest change to data protection law in 20 years, with GDPR carrying a maximum fine of 20 million … Continue reading
Posted in biometric data, enforcement notice, GDPR, ICO
Tagged biometric data, enforcement notice, GDPR, ICO
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First Two GDPR Enforcement Notices – Lessons Learnt
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently served only its second Enforcement Notice for breaches of the GDPR. The first Enforcement Notice was issued in July 2018 against a Canadian company, AggregateIQ Data Services Ltd (AIQ). Strangely it was not published on … Continue reading
Lessons from the Google GDPR Fine
On 21st January 2019, theFrench National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) fined Google 50 million euros for breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This is the biggest financial penalty issued so far by any European regulator under the new law. … Continue reading
The Facebook Data Breach Fine Explained
On 24th October the Information Commissioner imposed a fine (monetary penalty) of £500,000 on Facebook Ireland and Facebook Inc (which is based in California, USA) for breaches of the Data Protection Act 1998. In doing so the Commissioner levied the maximum fine … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud, Data Protection, Data Sharing, Fines, GDPR, ICO, Information Security, Personal Data
Tagged cloud, Data Protection, data sharing, FInes, GDPR, ICO, Information Security, Personal Data
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