The times they have a-changed since the ICO could only slap fines worth a fraction of the current amounts
British Airways and Marriott Starwood are facing massive fines in the United Kingdom for cyber-incidents that compromised the personal data of their customers.
Yesterday, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) unveiled its intention to slap a fine of £183.4 million (roughly US$230 million) on the air carrier for a breach last year that compromised the personal data of half a million of its customers.
And today, the data watchdog revealed a similar plan for the hotel chain – a fine worth £99.2 million (around US$123 million) in response to a breach that exposed 383 million guest records.
Both penalties are for alleged violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The penalty for British Airways is the first that the ICO intends to impose under the new legal regime and by far the highest that the data protection regulator has ever levied.
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As we also reported in September 2018, hundreds of thousands of the air carrier’s customers had their credit card details stolen last summer. As the full scope of the damage became clear, the range of compromised data grew to include more data, “including log in, payment card, and travel booking details as well name and address information”. The v ..
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