And we are back with the ICO – Fine for the Cabinet Office

This is a good ruling as it makes the Government’s Cabinet Office responsible for the error it made in disclosing the personal details of people on the 2020 New Year’s Honour list.

Cabinet Office | ICO

However there is some thing to consider:

I have to assume that when the ICO collects on a fine, that it goes into the UK Government bank account. Which paid the fine in the first place!

Further Reading:

Cabinet Office fined £500,000 over New Year honours list data breach | Data protection | The Guardian

Government fined £500,000 for New Year honours data breach – BBC News