It should be noted that the maximum penalties are unlikely to be imposed where a firm has taken reasonabl...
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...unt of the rules and fines up to roughly 50% of this level are possible for other data security breaches.
When looking at infringements, the supervisory authorit...
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...tions that are effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
It might be helpful to consider the remedies that have been used previously:
Information notices – requests to provide information
Undertaking to comply with rules in future
Orders to cease and desist processing
Audits
Criminal prosecution
Cases of breaches of data protection law have sometimes been quite high profile these are a few examples:
In 2007 some major high street banks were named and shamed for having left customers’ personal information in unsecured rubbish bins ou...
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...ustomers, without consent
Firms can help to avoid Data Security breaches by:
Ensuring software is up to date
Installing security software for virus and malware protection
Installing firewall software
Having and enforcing policies and procedures such as acceptable IT use
Educating staff, requiring regular refresher training
Reinforcing that care should be taken with addressing when sending emails
Using secure file sharing and messaging services when personal data is being transmitted
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