How real is the threat of data protection group litigation in the UK?
In the run up to the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679, there were various dystopian predictions of huge fines and the rise of US style class action. Some of these claims have rightly been criticised as sales patter and scaremongering.
Two recent cases in the English courts help to some extent to clarify the evolving risk of group litigation for data protection, albeit that these are early skirmishes and there will undoubtedly be more litigation to follow.
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