Where's the money, Lebowski?! UK data watchdog says £7m in fines unpaid since 2015 The UK's data watchdog has confirmed it failed to collect up to £7m worth of fines dished out in the past four years. Since 2015, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued 152 penalties totalling £16.6m, of which 47 remain unpaid, according to Freedom of Information responses issued to SMS API company The SMS …
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Because your local authority or other public body CANNOT simply dissolve the company and reform with a slightly different name and do the whole dodgy deal again next week, like these slimeballs do.
Also, Public Sector = funded by the Taxpayer, so who are the ICO really punishing there? I'm not saying let the public sector off, but maybe a little consideration for the people who are really getting hit when someone else leaves a laptop or USB stick on the train...
Also, Public Sector = funded by the Taxpayer, so who are the ICO really punishing there? I'm not saying let the public sector off, but maybe a little consideration for the people who are really getting hit when someone else leaves a laptop or USB stick on the train...
Although there is sovereign immunity in some cases, the public sector doesn't have blanket immunity from legislation. Especially non-UK legislation, ie complying with EU Directives where the EU can fine the UK for breaches or non-compliance. Otherwise, it can be a bit of circular accounting. So ICO fines PSO and fines go to the Treasury. If the ICO keeps the money, that could create fun. Depending on the breach though, PSOs could potentially sue suppliers to recover costs I guess.
Nope, the Eel meant like any transposition of GDPR into an EU-country national law, which could apply to a UK public service if said service failed to protect the Personal Data of the citizens of this country.
Trying to find an example: say HMRC holds financial data for German residents who happen or happened to be UK tax residents, and that data is leaked. Germany's Data regulator could impose a fine to HMRC. That would be UK taxpayer money going to another country's public finances.
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