Penalty against Heathrow Airport

Penalty against Heathrow Airport

According to the senior official, an airport employee lost a USB flash drive containing confidential information. Among the more than 1,000 files saved were:

• Personal data such as names, dates of birth and passport numbers of ten people from a training video
• Personnel data of up to 50 security employees

It was also reported that the USB stick also contained travel data of the British Queen, although this information was not confirmed by the British data protection authority ICO.

For more information, see our article: Fine for Heathrow Airport for data protection breach

Entscheidungsdatum:
08.10.2018

Land:
Great Britain

Art des Verstoßes:
technical deficiency

Betroffene Datensätze:
60

Waren sensible Daten betroffen?:
Yes

verhängte Geldstrafe:
€ 135,000,-

Quelle:
Communication from the UK data protection authority ICO (English)