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Violation Tracker UK Individual Case
Company: Carphone Warehouse
Current Parent Company:
Currys PLC
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement: Currys PLC
Recap of Ownership Changes: Dixons Carphone PLC changed its name to Currys PLC in 2021
Penalty: £400,000
Year: 2018
Date: 10 January, 2018
Offence Group: consumer-protection-related offences
Offence Type: privacy violation
Violation Description: Carphone Warehouse was fined £400,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office, after one of their computer systems was compromised as a result of a cyber-attack in 2015.
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Information Commissioner's Office
HQ Country of Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Parent: retail-technology products
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