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Remember that lost memory stick from Heathrow Airport? The terrorist's wet dream? So does the ICO

ibmalone

Happened in 2017, so fell under the old laws. That does mean the cap would have been £500k, but I suppose approach to determining the fine would have also had to be in line with the previous practice, rather than working it out as if it had happened after and then applying the cap.

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