British Airways faces record £183m fine for data breach

British Airways says it is facing a record fine of £183m for last year's breach of its security systems. The ICO said it was the biggest penalty it had ever handed out and the first to be made public under new rules. The General Data Protection Regulation came into force last year and was the biggest shake-up to data privacy in 20 years. The penalty imposed on BA is the first one to be made public since those rules were introduced and amounts to 1.5% of its worldwide turnover in 2017, less than the possible maximum of 4%. Until now, the biggest penalty was £500,000, imposed on Facebook for its role in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Willie Walsh, chief executive of IAG, said British Airways would be making representations to the ICO. "We intend to take all appropriate steps to defend the airline's position vigorously, including making any necessary appeals," he said.

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