EU Court Holds Websites Responsible for GDPR Compliance with User Content
The EU court ruled that websites hosting user content must actively protect user privacy and comply with GDPR, including for anonymous users, or face heavy fines.
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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 […]
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