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Britain on the hook for £122bn in fines under European Union GDPR, claims PCI Security Standards Council

17 October 2016 • 2 min read

SMEs on the hook for £52bn, while large organisations could be forced to pay up £70bn

British businesses and other organisations could be fined as much as £122bn under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) if they don't get their act together before it becom...

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