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Old 08-07-2019, 18:17   #5
Mythica
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Re: British Airways set to be fined £183m over customer data breach

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees View Post
Good

It's about time larger fines started kicking in due to GDPR changes (even if this is only 1.5% or annual turnover (or one of their 747-400 planes) according to El Reg

IAG we're expecting a lower fine as they had fully complied with the investigation also according to El Reg

Also, IAG's IT GBS is resigning but apparently that's nothing to do with this....


The article is also outdated 380,000 was the original quantity identified, it's been rounded up to nearer 500,000 since.
Who's it actually good for though? It's the customers that are likely going to pay for it due to price rises. BA get a bad name for themselves and the only people to 'win' are those that stole the information in the first place. While I don't disagree that companies should take better care of our data, it just seems the only ones to win from this are the hackers.
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