The BA data breach fine that the Information Commissioner\u2019s Office (ICO) is set to issue will be a record high of \u00a3183m.<\/p>\n
The level of the fines reflects the severity of this breach that resulted in hundreds of thousands of people\u2019s information being compromised<\/strong><\/a>. It will be the biggest financial penalty that the ICO has ever issue as part of the new GDPR rules that came into force last year.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve been representing a number of people who are claiming for data breach compensation as victims of the incidents. If you\u2019ve yet to start your No Win, No Fee legal case, you can sign-up here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The BA data breach fine that\u2019s set to be issued will be the highest ever applied since GDPR came into force in May 2018.<\/p>\n Fines can now amount to up to 4% of a company\u2019s global annual turnover, and in the British Airways case, the \u00a3183m is understood to be 1.5% of their 2017 global turnover.<\/p>\n The level of the fine reflects the severity of this breach and the impact that it has had on the many people who are claiming compensation as part of the pending group action. The fine and the legal case<\/strong> are two separate things, although the extent of the fine is helpful in terms of highlighting the severity of the breaches.<\/p>\nAbout the BA data breach fine<\/strong><\/h3>\n
About the action for compensation<\/strong><\/h3>\n