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Data protection penalties hit £6.5m post GDPR

UK organisations were fined more than £6.5m for breaching data protection laws in 2018, over £2m more than the previous year, although tighter rules and controls under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have not yet resulted in major fines.

Data protection penalties hit £6.5m post GDPR
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The PwC research analysed the UK Information Commissioner’s Officer (ICO) data protection enforcement actions, looking at monetary penalties, enforcement notices, prosecutions and undertakings.

Read more at the Accountancy Daily. 

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