Out-Law.com reports on the results of its recent freedom of information request, noting the results show the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has reduced  the amounts for half the organisations it has fined in data breach cases. Noting the ICO has had the power to issue monetary penalties of up to £500,000 since April of 2010 and has, so far, issued 14 such notices with the highest fine totaling £140,000, the report states that in five of the first 10 instances, the ICO "issued final penalties lower than it had originally proposed."
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