Cathay Pacific fined £500k in UK for data breach but escapes GDPR punishment

Ben NorrisMarch 5, 2020
FRANKFURT / GERMANY - AUGUST 20, 2013: Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 747-400 B-HKV passenger plane departure at Frankfurt Airport
Credit: iStock/Jozsef Soos

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Cathay Pacific Airways £500,000 for failing to protect customers’ personal data, with the airline escaping harsher punishment because it was prosecuted under old UK r...

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Ben NorrisMarch 5, 2020
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