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Regulatory investigations by the UK's ICO Part 3

Financial penalties

July 30, 2024

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
In March 2024, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) issued new guidance on how it fines organizations that breach UK data protection rules in an attempt to provide clarity and transparency. 

In particular, the guidance focuses on the circumstances in which an organization that breaches the UK’s General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) or the Data Protection Act 2018 (the DPA) will receive a penalty.

In Part 3 of this series published in Compliance & Risk by PDP Journals, Liz Fitzsimons and Heather Farrell-Boote explain the impact of the regulator's new fining powers, and how its approach compares to European and US fines.

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