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Fines key attention to data privacy from boards, says ICO head
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Neil Hodge2021-04-21T15:04:00
The threat of fines has done more to focus boardroom attention on data privacy and effective cyber-security than any other measure, U.K. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham believes.
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