South Staffordshire Plc and South Staffordshire Water Plc

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has imposed a fine of £963,900 on South Staffordshire Plc & South Staffordshire Water Plc for the infringement of Article 5(1)(f) and Article 32(1) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation. This enforcement action follows a cyber incident in which personal data relating to approximately 633,887 UK data subjects was exfiltrated.