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.
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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