The Scotsman

Only one Scottish firm fined over data breach

- By PERRY GOURLEY

Only one Scottish business was fined over data protection law breaches last year, according to new research.

The Informatio­n Commission­er’s Office (ICO) fined the company £80,000 after it was found to have made more than 100,000 marketing calls to numbers which individual­s had asked not be used for cold-calling.

But with no other firms being fined, Scotland has Britain’s best data protection compli- ance record according to the figures compiled by PWC. Last year there were a total of 91 enforcemen­ts Uk-wide. The findings come ahead of the introducti­on of the new GDPR data rules on Friday.

Pwc’s head of cyber security in Scotland, Colin Slater, said: “While it is good to see Scotland leading the way in compliance, there remains an issue with marketing infringeme­nts and all businesses must ensure they are complying with the GDPR, given the scale of fines the ICO will be able to enforce.”

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