Will Marriott and British Airways Ever Pay Those Huge Proposed Data Breach Fines?
Those headline fines were pretty jaw-dropping, but it seems more than likely that they will be massively reduced whenever they are finally rubber-stamped.
Those headline fines were pretty jaw-dropping, but it seems more than likely that they will be massively reduced whenever they are finally rubber-stamped. Remember those massive headline-grabbing fines that the UK's data protection regulator handed out to Marriott and British Airways last year?
Remember those massive headline-grabbing fines that the UK's data protection regulator handed out to Marriott and British Airways last year?
The two proposed penalties — Marriott at $130.4 million (£99.2 million) and British Airways at $241.1 million (£183.4 million) — came within a day of each other last July, but not much has been heard since then.
Well, it looks like we're going to have to wait a bit longer to see how big a hit — if any — the two companies will face. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said that separately both British Airways and Marriott had "agreed to an extension of the regulatory process until 31 March 2020."