Record-setting proposed penalties announced by the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) last year against British Airways and hotel chain Marriott for violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation may continue to linger amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...