Sign in / up

back to article ICO smites Bible Society, well fines it £100k...

The Information Commissioner's Office has not so much rained fire and brimstone down the British and Foreign Bible Society as drizzled it with a £100,000 fine - after the personal data of 417,000 supporters was put at risk due to a cyber attack. As a result of a ransomware attack in 2016, intruders were able to exploit a …

COMMENTS

Post your comment
House rules Send corrections
Add to 'My topics' unstar *

Page:

    1. TheLifeofBri
      Reply Icon

      Small Charity?

      Their turnover is close to £20m and they have significant assets according to Charity Commission, so hardly a small charity.

      Fine does seem high to me, but I suspect there's often more to some of these cases than gets put in the ICO press release.

      1 0 Reply
  2. ro55mo
    Facepalm

    What else would they be?

    "Our investigation determined that it is likely that the religious belief of the 417,000 supporters could be inferred"

    Ya think?

    0 0 Reply

Page:

POST COMMENT House rules

Not a member of The Register? Create a new account here.

Forgotten password ?

  • Enter your comment

  • Add an icon

Anonymous cowards cannot choose their icon

Other stories you might like