Tag: Information Commissioner’s Office
After Tested.me, ICO Fines Amex For Sending Millions of Unwanted Emails
We often receive calls from different bankers promoting their products and services. While these calls are largely ignored, very few question the rationale behind...
ICO Fines Contact Tracing Service Tested.me for Misusing User Data
The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined a contact tracing service provider Tested.me for misusing users’ personal data. In an official notice, the...
ICO’s Ticket for Data Breach! Ticketmaster Fined £1.25 Mn Over 2018...
The U.K.’s Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) recently penalized Ticketing website Ticketmaster for £1.25 million ($1.65 million) following a data breach in 2018. The privacy...
Marriott International Slapped with $123 Mn GDPR Fine for 2014 Data...
The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) imposed £18.4 million ($23.92 million) fine on Marriott International Inc. for violating the GDPR guidelines. The data privacy...
UK ICO Fines Cathay Pacific with £500,000 for 2018 Data Breach
UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Hong Kong-based air carrier Cathay Pacific guilty on various counts of data breach reported by the latter...
Dixons Carphone Hit with £500,000 Penalty Over Data Breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the U.K. recently fined DSG Retail Limited (DSG), a U.K.-based electrical and telecommunications retailer, £500,000 (around US$ 653,841)...