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Violating Articles 5(1)(c) and 13 GDPR in relation to a video surveillance system in an apartment building. [58] 2021-04-15 Vodafone Espana, S.A.U. €150,000 (reduced to €90,000) Spain Violation of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR by processing personal data without consent or any other legal basis. When imposing the fine, the AEPD took into account:
The financial strain of the COVID-19 pandemic was cited as one reason for the reduced fine. [5] In 2021 the law firm Pogust and Goodhead announced that they were representing a group of BA customers who had been affected by the breach in "the largest group-action personal-data claim in UK history". [6] The class was settled out of court. [7]
In October 2015, British telecommunications provider TalkTalk experienced a cyberattack that resulted in a data breach. As a consequence, personal and banking details of around 160,000 customers were illegally accessed. [1] In the course of the attack, TalkTalk received a ransom demand from a group claiming to be responsible. [2]
EasyJet publicly revealed the attack in May 2020. [1] They told the BBC that they were only able to notify customers whose details (credit card or email addresses) were stolen in April 2020. [1] EasyJet told BBC "This was a highly sophisticated attacker. It took time to understand the scope of the attack and to identify who had been impacted". [1]
The act complements the UK's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (as incorporated in domestic law) and replaces the Data Protection Act 1998. The act was to be significantly amended by the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. However, that bill was abandoned due to the 2024 United Kingdom general election. [1]
The GDPR 2016 has eleven chapters, concerning general provisions, principles, rights of the data subject, duties of data controllers or processors, transfers of personal data to third countries, supervisory authorities, cooperation among member states, remedies, liability or penalties for breach of rights, provisions related to specific ...
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In 1995, the EU passed the Data Protection Directive (DPD), which has recently been replaced with the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a comprehensive federal data breach notification law. The GDPR offers stronger data protection laws, broader data breach notification laws, and new factors such as the right to data portability.