Intellectual Property Magazine
Data drama
Slaughterand May’s Richard Jeens and Samantha Holland examine UK data breachenforcement actions and fines
Richard Jeens andSamantha Holland, Slaughter and May
Throughout 2020, dataprivacy has continued to feature heavily in the headlines. There have been a number of standoutenforcements in 2020 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). In March,Cathay Pacific
1 was fined (the maximum) £500,000 under the old DataProtection Act (DPA) 1998 following a cyber breach.