IR-T4.IR-T4-r2.annotated_sentences.json

{"taskStmt":"I'm interested in instances of data breaches where the company was punished by a government or through a lawsuit, as well as other legal repercussions of data breaches ","request":{"reqNum":"IR-T4-r2","reqText":"Find instances of companies being levied fines by government regulators due to a data breach ","exampleDocs":[{"docNumber":1,"docId":"91519224-8b2d-4006-bff2-a2d0d306d526","sentences":[{"sentence":"SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria\u2019s tax agency will appeal a fine of 5.1 million levs ($2.9 million) imposed by the state data-protection agency for the country\u2019s biggest-ever data breach, the tax agency said on Thursday.","judgment":"P","sentenceId":"IR-T4-r2-rd1-s1"},{"sentence":"The tax agency is also considering legal action against the hackers who penetrated its systems in June, so that they would have to pay for the fine.","judgment":"G","sentenceId":"IR-T4-r2-rd1-s2"},{"sentence":"Prosecutors have charged the owner of a cybersecurity company and two of his employees for the attack, which compromised the personal data and financial records of nearly every working adult among Bulgaria\u2019s 7 million people.","judgment":"G","sentenceId":"IR-T4-r2-rd1-s3"},{"sentence":"All the defendants deny wrongdoing.","judgment":"B","sentenceId":"IR-T4-r2-rd1-s4"},{"sentence":"The fine is below the maximum of 20 million euros.","judgment":"G","sentenceId":"IR-T4-r2-rd1-s5"},{"sentence":"The head of the Commission for Personal Data Protection, Ventisalav Karadzhov, said it was not meant to punish, but to ensure that measures are taken to prevent future data breaches.","judgment":"P","sentenceId":"IR-T4-r2-rd1-s6"},{"sentence":"The NRA said the data theft and its public dissemination occurred despite its data-protection measures.","judgment":"P","sentenceId":"IR-T4-r2-rd1-s7"},{"sentence":"It has fired two senior IT specialists, but hasn\u2019t released publicly an audit of its IT security systems.","judgment":"G","sentenceId":"IR-T4-r2-rd1-s8"},{"sentence":"Officials have said Bulgaria\u2019s public institutions are not spending enough on cybersecurity.","judgment":"G","sentenceId":"IR-T4-r2-rd1-s9"},{"sentence":"Some experts who examined the stolen tax data say the techniques used in the attack were relatively basic and indicated lack of adequate data protection.","judgment":"P","sentenceId":"IR-T4-r2-rd1-s10"}]},{"docNumber":2,"docId":"b94d0c93-ead2-4e92-927a-46a1a196198d","sentences":[{"sentence":"Good morning: The owner of British Airways is facing a fine of £183.4 million over the theft of customer data.","judgment":"P","sentenceId":"IR-T4-r2-rd2-s1"},{"sentence":"The record fine relates to the hacking of BA\u2019s computer systems last year; the airline warned at the time that hundreds of thousands of customers\u2019 payment details may have been stolen.","judgment":"E","sentenceId":"IR-T4-r2-rd2-s2"},{"sentence":"International Airlines Group said in a statement to the stock market this morning that the UK Information Commissioner\u2019s Office had notified it of its intention to issue the fine under the UK Data Protection Act, which came into force in May last year.","judgment":"P","sentenceId":"IR-T4-r2-rd2-s3"},{"sentence":"The fine is the biggest ever handed out by the ICO and follows the introduction of tough data privacy laws last year.","judgment":"P","sentenceId":"IR-T4-r2-rd2-s4"},{"sentence":"It represents 1.5 per cent of BA\u2019s turnover in\u2026","judgment":"B","sentenceId":"IR-T4-r2-rd2-s5"}]}]},"taskNarr":"Increasingly, companies that fall victim to data breaches are being fined or sued for inadequate security   How often is that happening, and how diligent are companies supposed to be in the face of hackers?  What laws are being considered in reaction to data breaches?  Do companies have any legal recourse when a data breach happens?","taskTitle":"4 Data breaches and the law","taskNum":"IR-T4"}