BA facing potential ‘£800m’ lawsuit over data breach
British Airways (BA) is potentially facing the largest privacy class-action lawsuit in UK history over its mass customer data breach that affected 400,000 people.
Court cases
Digital fingerprints on ID cards – no violation of the right to privacy, says Belgian Constitutional Court
Court ruled that the inclusion of digital fingerprints on ID cards does not violate the fundamental right to respect for private life, thereby providing clarity on a heavily criticized matter and setting an important precedent.
FTC Remedial Power Under Scrutiny at U.S. Supreme Court
On January 13 the Supreme Court heard arguments in AMG Capital Management LLC v. Federal Trade Commission.
Facebook sues two Chrome extension devs for scraping user data
Facebook filed a lawsuit in Portugal against browser extension maker Oink and Stuff.
Germany′s foreign intelligence service under pressure
Germany’s foreign intelligence agency (BND) screens hundreds of millions of emails annually. The European Court of Human Rights is now looking into this practice.
Court says all EU states can take data cases against Facebook
Social media giant had insisted only Ireland’s regulator could take action over infringements.
High Court dismisses claim where DSAR regime abused
Where those requests are repetitive, numerous, and the real purpose is to obtain documents and not data, businesses might reasonably resist civil claims raising similar factual issues.
UK Mass Hacking Ruled Illegal
The UK High Court has ruled that the security and intelligence services cannot search the computers and phones of millions of people under a single ‘general warrant’.
Mobile Users Consented To Share Analytics Data With Developers, Google Argues
Google is urging a federal judge to dismiss claims that it violated mobile users’ privacy by sending analytics data about their web activity to outside developers.
London Girl granted anonymity to bring allegations that TikTok violated her privacy to court
A London judge granted a 12 year-old girl anonymity so she can take TikTok to court over allegations of breach of EU privacy law.
Irish murderer appeals conviction on grounds of EU data law breach
Phone data helped clinch murder conviction for Graham Dwyer in 2015 but he may go free.
Moscow court finds Google, YouTube guilty in breach of privacy over video depicting minor
Moscow’s Tagansky District Court has granted a motion by the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) against Google LLC and YouTube by finding them guilty in a breach of privacy law.