{"id":176746,"date":"2022-10-11T16:18:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/?p=176746"},"modified":"2022-10-12T06:59:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T05:59:14","slug":"avoid-fines-ico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/data-privacy-it\/avoid-fines-ico\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Avoid Fines From the ICO in England"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If your business collects, handles or stores personal data, you must understand the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules. Breaching these rules may result in an investigation from the Information Commissioner\u2019s Office (ICO) and, potentially, a financial penalty. This is a serious prospect, given that the <\/span>ICO can impose fines<\/span><\/a> of up to \u00a317.5m on organisations in England for not complying with data protection rules. This article will explore valuable ways in which your company improve its data protection measures to avoid fines from the ICO<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Risk of Fines From the ICO?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most common situations in which organisations in England receive GDPR fines from the ICO include:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. subjecting staff to intrusive and unreasonable monitoring at work;<\/span><\/li>
  2. keeping personal information for an unreasonably long period (past when it is required);<\/span><\/li>
  3. failing to report serious personal data breaches to the ICO within 72 hours;<\/span><\/li>
  4. passing sensitive personal data to third parties without lawful reason or consent;<\/span><\/li>
  5. suffering a cyber attack or data breach (which was preventable with proper safeguards); and <\/span><\/li>
  6. failing to correctly and promptly handle <\/span>Subject Access Requests<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The ICO acts as the referee for data protection matters in England and can issue your business a:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n