Firm enforcement history

Equifax Limited

FRN 940655Register status · Registered1 enforcement actionFines imposed · £11.2m

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01 · Enforcement history

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13 Oct 2023 · £11.2m

Fine

On 13 October 2023 the Financial Conduct Authority fined Equifax Limited £11,164,400 after finding failings linked to outsourcing data processing to an intragroup entity that experienced a data breach. The FCA’s Final Notice records risk‑management failings (breach of PRIN 3 — firms must organise and control their affairs effectively and have adequate risk management) and failures in treating customers fairly and in communicating information clearly after the breach. The FCA imposed the stated financial penalty; the Final Notice is published by the regulator.

Summarised from notice and press

Date	Action	Summary	Source document
13 Oct 2023	Fine £11.2m	On 13 October 2023 the Financial Conduct Authority fined Equifax Limited £11,164,400 after finding failings linked to outsourcing data processing to an intragroup entity that experienced a data breach. The FCA’s Final Notice records risk‑management failings (breach of PRIN 3 — firms must organise and control their affairs effectively and have adequate risk management) and failures in treating customers fairly and in communicating information clearly after the breach. The FCA imposed the stated financial penalty; the Final Notice is published by the regulator. Summarised from notice and press	Open the published notice or announcement

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