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Monetary penalties and enforcement action
This year we have regulated data security breaches more firmly,
focusing more on the use of our civil monetary powers and reducing the
number of undertakings issued. We received over 600 self reported data
protection breaches.
We issued 10 civil monetary penalty notices totalling £1,171,000.
We issued two enforcement notices and 76 undertakings. We have reviewed
the effectiveness of the new self-reported security breach form and process
and expect to conclude these cases more quickly in the future.
We secured eight convictions for criminal offences relating to unlawfully
obtaining personal data. We also administered seven cautions for this
type of offence. We took prosecution action against one data controller
for non-notification offences under the Data Protection Act.
We applied for search warrants in respect of eight premises during the last
year and two of these related to breaches of the Privacy and Electronics
Communications Regulations and sending of mass unsolicited text messages
linked to claims management.
This year we have regulated data security breaches more firmly,
focusing more on the use of our civil monetary powers and reducing the
number of undertakings issued. We received over 600 self reported data
protection breaches.
We issued 10 civil monetary penalty notices totalling £1,171,000.
We issued two enforcement notices and 76 undertakings. We have reviewed
the effectiveness of the new self-reported security breach form and process
and expect to conclude these cases more quickly in the future.
We secured eight convictions for criminal offences relating to unlawfully
obtaining personal data. We also administered seven cautions for this
type of offence. We took prosecution action against one data controller
for non-notification offences under the Data Protection Act.
We applied for search warrants in respect of eight premises during the last
year and two of these related to breaches of the Privacy and Electronics
Communications Regulations and sending of mass unsolicited text messages
linked to claims management.