- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Jeff Dale2023-10-13T18:57:00
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) fined Equifax’s U.K. unit more than 11 million pounds (U.S. $13.3 million) regarding the company’s 2017 data breach that affected approximately 13.8 million U.K. consumers.
Equifax was originally fined nearly £16 million (U.S. $19.4 million) but qualified for a 30 percent discount under executive settlement procedures, the FCA announced in a press release Friday. The U.K. regulator also noted Equifax received a 15 percent credit for its cooperation and remedial efforts.
Equifax failed to manage and secure U.K. consumer data outsourced to its parent company in the United States, the FCA alleged.
2023-10-16T21:16:00Z By Jeff Dale
Software company Blackbaud agreed to pay $49.5 million in a multistate settlement addressing charges related to a 2020 cyberattack that exposed the personal data of approximately 13,000 consumers.
2020-01-21T19:40:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
A massive data breach that was “entirely preventable” will cost credit-reporting agency Equifax another $1 billion to beef up its cyber-security efforts.
2019-07-22T19:45:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
What resulted in the largest-ever breach of consumer data culminated in the largest data breach enforcement action in history.
2025-07-02T18:31:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Emerging enforcement priorities of the U.S. Department of Justice’s health care fraud division align with the Trump administration’s emphasis on prosecuting transnational criminal organizations and ending opioid trafficking.
2025-07-01T23:26:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has yet to keep up the level of enforcement it had under previous chair Lina Khan. The agency, however, returned to antitrust action in the case of fuel stations, just in time for the July 4th holiday.
2025-06-25T16:29:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
In May, three commissioners for the Consumer Product Safety Commission were abruptly fired by President Donald Trump and sued for their jobs shortly after. A federal judge has ruled that the commissioners should be reinstated, although it’s unclear whether that ruling may itself be reversed.
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