Facebook fine - could it have been £479m ?
According to today's press the #ICO are fining #Facebook £500,000 for breaching the data protection act. This is the maximum fine allowed under the data protection legislation that was in place when the breach occurred. Kyle Taylor, director of campaigning group Fair Vote UK is reported as saying "Under new GDPR laws, the ICO could fine Facebook £479m" The ICO has fined 54 organisations so far this year. Looking at these fines in more detail many relate to failings in common business activities that may have been prevented with better staff training and awareness on the importance of privacy and data protection. For example: inappropriate CCTV signage - £2000 multiple addresses in the email "to" field - £80000 data breach due to weak passwords - £100000 sensitive data left insecure - £35000 secondary web site left insecure - £120000 lost unencrypted DVDs that contained sensitive information - £325000 Inappropriate information relea