Cathay Pacific fined £500,000 by ICO for failing to protect customers' personal data

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Cathay Pacific hit with the largest pre-GDPR fine the ICO can levy for exposing details of 9.4 million customers worldwide between 2014 and 2018

Cathay Pacific, the flag carrier of Hong Kong, has been fined £500,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) over a data breach that lasted from 2014 to 2018. In the process, the person...

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