Violation Tracker UK Individual Case

Company: DSG Retail Limited
Current Parent Company: Dixons Carphone PLC
Penalty: £500,000
Year: 2020
Date: 9 January, 2020
Offence Group: consumer-protection-related offences
Offence Type: privacy violation
Violation Description: The Information Commissioner's Office fined DSG Retail Limited £500,000 after a point of sale computer system was compromised as a result of a cyber-attack, affecting at least 14 million people.
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
Source of Data: (click here)
Source Notes: under appeal