The implication here is that this stands out because others haven't been fined. I'm not up to date enough on UK privacy violations to be able to tell whether that is the case.
Charities have to obey privacy law the same as anybody else regardless of what they stand for. It seems the fines were perfectly justified and I see no problem with that.
That said, pretending there is not a deliberate "culture war" around the existence of trans people in the UK is either dishonest or ignorant. UK politics, politicians and media have been extremely hostile towards trans people in recent years even relative to the general attitude of the general population in the UK. The level of artificial moral panic surrounding trans people in UK politics and media is surprising even by American standards. There are a number of astroturfed anti-trans groups present in English-speaking media but the most effective ones are all UK-centric.
The fines, however, seem to be orthogonal to that.
Charities have to obey privacy law the same as anybody else regardless of what they stand for. It seems the fines were perfectly justified and I see no problem with that.
That said, pretending there is not a deliberate "culture war" around the existence of trans people in the UK is either dishonest or ignorant. UK politics, politicians and media have been extremely hostile towards trans people in recent years even relative to the general attitude of the general population in the UK. The level of artificial moral panic surrounding trans people in UK politics and media is surprising even by American standards. There are a number of astroturfed anti-trans groups present in English-speaking media but the most effective ones are all UK-centric.
The fines, however, seem to be orthogonal to that.