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Facebook fined a paltry £500,000 (8 minutes’ revenue) over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook fined a paltry £500,000 (8 minutes' revenue) over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook will be fined £500,000 – the maximum amount possible – for two breaches of the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998 in connection with the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

But under new European legislation, the fine could have been as high as £1.2 billion.

Graham Cluley

Greenwich University fined £120000 for data breach

  1. Greenwich University fined £120000 for data breach  BBC News
  2. A week before GDPR, Greenwich University fined for data breach  The Stack
  3. ICO fines Greenwich University £120000 over major data breach  NS Tech
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Kensington and Chelsea fined for Grenfell data breach

  1. Kensington and Chelsea fined for Grenfell data breach  Financial Times
  2. Grenfell council fined £120000 for data breach  BBC News
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Carphone Warehouse fined £400000 by watchdog over data breach

  1. Carphone Warehouse fined £400000 by watchdog over data breach  Financial Times
  2. Carphone Warehouse fined £400K for serious 2015 data breach  Engadget
  3. Britain fines Carphone Warehouse 400000 pounds over data breach  Reuters
  4. Carphone Warehouse | Business | The Guardian  The Guardian
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