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By Neil Hodge2024-03-25T13:36:00
The U.K.’s data regulator published guidance setting out how it decides to issue penalties against companies and calculate fines.
Last week, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued its updated data protection fining guidance to provide companies with greater transparency and clarity about how and why the regulator would administer penalties for a breach of the U.K. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or Data Protection Act 2018.
The last time the ICO issued details about how it intended to rap companies for data protection and privacy breaches came in November 2018, six months after the European Union’s GDPR came into force.
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2024-08-13T20:35:00Z By Neil Hodge
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office proposed a 6.1 million pound (U.S. $7.8 million) fine against Advanced Computer Software Group, an IT contractor for the National Health Service that allegedly failed to secure the data of 83,000 people after a cyberattack.
2024-03-27T13:27:00Z By Neil Hodge
TikTok and X are under investigation related to their respective compliance with the European Union’s Digital Services Act, while the first three companies probed under the Digital Markets Act include Apple, Alphabet, and Meta.
2024-01-25T21:38:00Z By Jeff Dale
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office is seeking input from developers, users, and those interested in generative artificial intelligence to help inform policy and guidance regarding the technology.
2024-10-22T21:18:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Precision Toxicology has agreed to pay $27 million to settle allegations first brought by whistleblowers in three cases, that the company billed the federal government for unnecessary drug tests and paid kickbacks to doctors, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
2024-10-22T16:08:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Fund management company WisdomTree will pay $4 million to settle allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it improperly invested in fossil fuel and tobacco companies in environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds despite promising to avoid them.
2024-10-18T18:10:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A Vietnamese alcohol company has agreed to pay $860,000 to settle allegations by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) that its business with North Korea involved U.S. financial institutions.
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