Will Marriott and British Airways Ever Pay Those Huge Proposed Data Breach Fines?
Photo Credit: A Marriott Hotels property. The company was handed a proposed fine of £99.2 million last year. Marriott International
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Those headline fines were pretty jaw-dropping, but it seems more than likely that they will be massively reduced whenever they are finally rubber-stamped.
Remember those massive headline-grabbing fines that the UK’s data protection regulator handed out to Marriott and British Airways last year?
The two proposed penalties — Marriott at $130.4 million (£99.2 million) and British Airways at $241.1 million (£183.4 million) — came within a day of each other last July, but not much has been heard since then.
Well, it looks like we're going to have to wait a bit longer to see how big a hit — if any — the two companies will face. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said that separately both British Airways and Marriott had “agreed to an extension of the regulatory process until 31 March 2020.”
The ICO added that in both cases, "the regulatory process is ongoing, we will not be commenting any further at this time.”
So, what should we read into this delay?
Heading for a Climbdown?
The decision to push for more time — and the agreement of b
