British Airways fined for personal data breach

British Airways fined for personal data breach

The airline British Airways has been fined £20 million by the Information Commissioner’s Office, the British counterpart of the CNIL. The British data protection authority accuses it of poor protection of its customers’ personal data. Indeed, in the summer...
British Airways fined for personal data breach

British Airways sanctionnée pour fuite de données personnelles

La compagnie aérienne British Airways a été condamnée à une amende de 20 millions de livres sterling par l’Information Commissioner’s Office, l’homologue britannique de la CNIL. L’autorité britannique de protection des données lui reproche une mauvaise protection des...
Employee personal data: H&M fined 35 million euros

Employee personal data: H&M fined 35 million euros

The Swedish company H&M was fined 35 million euros on October 1, 2020 by the Hamburg Data Protection Commissioner’s Office. It is accused of having collected and stored personal data of employees without their knowledge. Between 2014 and 2019, managers at an...