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Europe Data Protection Digest | Expert: Risk Assessments Help Stave Off ICO Penalites Related reading: A view from Brussels: EDPS sends signal on data transfers 

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ComputerWeekly reports on one expert's views on how to avoid Civil Monetary Penalties imposed by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Mick Gorrill, a former ICO enforcement officer, says that risk assessments are key to demonstrating that a company has put at least some data protection policies and procedures in place. Gorrill says that failure to implement a risk assessment or to follow through with self-imposed policies for data protection are the "top reasons" the ICO imposes a monetary penalty. In the report, Gorrill discusses what an organisation should do after a breach, whether an organisation should notify the ICO and if so, how long it should wait to notify the regulatory authority.
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