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The £500k penalty is the maximum possible fine under the country's prior data protection regime.
On the EU law front, Uber has dodged a bit of bullet here as the timing of the breach falls under both country's prior data protection regimes.
She said the publication of today's Communication is aimed at making prior data protection guidance published by DPAs more easily available, as well as putting it in the context of the ECJ's ruling.
The EU's tough new data protection framework, GDPR, only came into force this May — so the Cambridge Analytica breach is being handled under the bloc's prior data protection framework, comprising a patchwork of Member State laws.
Yesterday the ICO issued a £250k penalty for a Yahoo data breach dating back to 2014 — though that was under the UK's prior data protection regime which capped fines at a maximum of £500k.
In the case of this Dixons 2017 breach (NB: it's not the only breach the Group has suffered), it's not yet clear whether the EU's new regulation will apply (given the incident was publicly disclosed after GDPR had come into force); or whether it will fall under the UK's prior data protection regime — given the hack itself occurred prior to May 25, when GDPR came into force.
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So you really have to wonder why Jibo's makers didn't consider data protection compliance issues prior to offering the robot in so many international markets….
Prior to the regulation a European data protection directive was in force across the bloc but it's GDPR that has strengthened protections in this area with the new provision on children's data.
Prior approval was obtained from the data protection committee of the hospital to conduct the study.
All HIC data are anonymized prior to analysis to maintain confidentiality and conform to data protection legislation.
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