> The fine is considerably smaller than the £183m that the ICO originally said it intended to issue back in 2019. > It said "the economic impact of Covid-19" had been taken into account.

Why do I get the feeling, that if £183m would not have mattered much to the bottom line of BA back then and now that it does they get a discount.

Is there any other non-business analogy where you get a discount on a fine, because you hit rough times financially?