Ticketmaster UK fined $1.6M under GDPR for 2018 data breach
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Aaron Nicodemus2020-11-13T18:18:00
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office fined Ticketmaster £1.25 million (U.S. $1.6 million) for its failures relating to a 2018 data breach by a third party.
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