Vicarious liability in the data breach context – bad news for UK employers?
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision of the High Court holding that an employer can be vicariously liable […]
Court cases
Morrisons data leak ‘a wake-up call for business’
In 2014, bank, salary and National Insurance details of almost 100,000 members of staff were posted on the internet and […]
Walmart Sued for Alleged Sharing of Video Purchase Data With Facebook
Walmart Inc. allegedly shared information on customers’ DVD and video game purchases with a third party without their consent, in […]
Facebook Supreme Court appeal to be heard in December
Facebook has got a provisional date of December 19th for its unprecedented Supreme Court appeal aimed at halting a referral […]
Data protection compensation claim fails to prove ‘damage’
Businesses that breach UK data protection law or misuse personal information are not automatically obliged to pay compensation to people […]
UK high court blocks mass privacy action against Google
UK high court has blocked a mass lawsuit against Google that aimed to collect as much as £3bn in compensation […]
EU Court Endorses Minor Privacy Intrusion for Petty Crime
On Tuesday, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice concluded that invasions of privacy are justified not just […]
Justice Department Sues to Stop California Net Neutrality Law
U.S. Justice Department on Sunday sued California to stop the state’s new law that would guarantee full and equal access […]
UK intelligence agencies illegally spied on Privacy International
UK intelligence agencies MI5, MI6 and GCHQ violated the law by collecting and examining data of human rights group Privacy […]
GCHQ data collection regime violated human rights, court rules
UK’s spy agency GCHQ’s methods for bulk interception of online communications violated privacy and failed to provide sufficient surveillance safeguards, […]
Google fights against global ‘right to be forgotten’ in search
Lawyers for Google faced Europe’s top judges on Tuesday to argue against upholding the rights of European citizens to have […]
Law firms start collective action against British Airways
Law firm SPG Law has started the process of gathering names for a group action in the recent British Airways […]