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UK software provider Advanced gets data breach fine halved

By Patricia Figueiredo ( March 27, 2025, 00:01 GMT | Insight) -- UK software provider Advanced, now trading as OneAdvanced, got a data breach fine lowered by 50 percent after reaching an agreement with the Information Commissioner’s Office to pay a reduced amount without an appeal. The ICO had planned to fine the company over 6 million pounds, according to its provisional findings published last year, but today it said “several factors” from Advanced’s representations led to a reduction in the final amount.Software and IT services provider Advanced has been fined just over 3 million pounds ($3.9 million) for a data breach that occurred in 2022 after reaching a no appeal agreement with the UK privacy regulator....

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