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ICO and Cabinet Office agree on reduced fine for New Year Honours data breach

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Published on: 03 November 2022

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LNB News 03/11/2022

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Issue Date: 03 November 2022

Published Date: 03 November 2022

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has confirmed that it has reached an agreement with the Cabinet Office to reduce the £500,000 fine it has imposed on the government department in November 2021 for disclosing the postal addresses of the 2020 New Year Honours recipients online, to £50,000. The Cabinet Office appealed against the initial amount to the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) in December 2021, alleging that the fine was ‘wholly disproportionate’.

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