liability
EU Commission Publishes Directive on the Liability of AI
On September 28, 2022, the European Commission published its long-promised proposal for an AI Liability Directive.
German court rules CEO to be held personally liable for data privacy violations
German court decided that a CEO was personally liable for a data privacy breach after they hired a detective to investigate possible criminal acts by the plaintiff.
Don’t Acquire a Company Until You Evaluate Its Data Security
When Marriott International acquired Starwood in 2016 for $13.6 billion, neither company was awareof a cyber-attack on Starwood’s reservation system […]
Security Incident Mitigation Strategy: Effective Negotiation of Technology Contract Limitations of Liability
There is always significant negotiation around caps on liability when negotiating a contract with a technology vendor. If the vendor […]
UK: Liability Limits for GDPR in commercial contracts – the law and recent trends
Given the potential financial exposure under GDPR, it is no surprise that a great deal of time is being spent […]
UK: Liability Limits for GDPR in commercial contracts – the law and recent trends
Given the potential financial exposure under GDPR, it is no surprise that a great deal of time is being spent […]
Marketers Push Agencies to Shoulder More Liability for Data Breaches
New data privacy rules are pushing marketers to unload millions of dollars in liability on the agencies that help them […]
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 […]
Lloyd v Google – putting the brakes on English data breach litigation?
A judgment handed down today by the English High Court will be welcomed by UK data controllers. Lloyd v Google […]
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 […]
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 […]
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