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Awaiting game began in April when the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) gained the power to impose fines of up to ￡500,000 on organisations that lose data. 'It was only a matter of time before somebody got hit with a really massive fine,' says Andy Cordial, managing director of Origin Storage. Just six months later, they did. In November, the ICO flexed its muscles and fined employment company A4e ￡60,000 for losing a laptop containing unencrypted data, while Hertfordshire County Council was fined ￡100,000 for faxing highly sensitive personal information to the wrong recipients.