Eldon could face ‘significantly higher’ fines as ICO launches audit

The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben

Eldon Insurance could be faced with fines that are “significantly higher” than the combined £135,000 it and Leave.EU have been ordered to pay if the Information Commissioner’s Office finds evidence of misdeeds in an audit of the broker.

Information commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, and ICO deputy commissioner, James Dipple-Johnstone, testified before a select committee on ‘disinformation and fake news’ this morning.

They discussed the

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