YESTERDAY (9 JULY) THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE ANNOUNCED ITS INTENTION TO FINE THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL AND HOSPITALITY COMPANY MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL £99,200,396 FOR INFRINGEMENTS OF THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR).
This is the second such multimillion pound penalty announced by ICO this week – the first related to British Airways. It is an intention to fine at this stage – the ICO will consider carefully the representations made by the company and the other concerned data protection authorities before it takes its final decision. But the magnitude of the proposed fine indicates the very serious nature of the breach of the GDPR.