Data Matters

APRIL 20, 2020

In a decision that employers will welcome, the UK Supreme Court recently ruled that Morrison Supermarkets (Morrisons) was not vicariously liable for a data breach committed maliciously by a former employee who, acting to satisfy a personal vendetta against Morrisons, disclosed employee payroll data online.

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Data Matters

JULY 16, 2020

The Supreme Court has recently granted Google permission to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision in the case of Lloyd v Google LLC ([2019]) EWCA Civ 1599). Google is now appealing the Court of Appeal’s decision granting Mr Lloyd permission to serve his representative action on Google. Court of Appeal’s decision.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Authors: Carolyn Bigg, Gwyneth To and Rachel De Souza Start preparing now to comply with India’s new data protection law. The DPDP Act is India’s first comprehensive law on the protection of personal data and comes six years after the Supreme Court of India first declared a fundamental right to privacy in the Puttaswarmy case in 2017.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 1, 2020

Today the Supreme Court allowed an appeal in Morrisons v Various Claimants1, a significant judgment addressing the extent of an employers’ liability for data breaches maliciously committed by an employee. In particular, the judgment in Mohamud2 was not intended to change the law on vicarious liability. Background.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 19, 2019

On October 22, 2018, the UK Court of Appeal upheld the High Court’s decision that VM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (“Morrisons”) was vicariously liable for a data breach caused by a disgruntled former employee, despite Morrisons being cleared of any wrongdoing ( VM Morrison Supermarkets PLC v Various Claimants ). Background.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 24, 2017

On January 24, 2017, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of R (on the application of Miller and another) (Respondents) v. The Supreme Court held, by majority, that the UK government cannot commence the UK’s withdrawal from the EU without the approval of Parliament.

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IT Governance

APRIL 23, 2019

The Supreme Court has given Morrisons permission to appeal a ruling that found the supermarket liable for a data breach caused by a malicious insider. Meanwhile, a class action of 5,518 employees took the supermarket to court, claiming compensation for the “upset and distress” caused by the leak. Does Morrisons stand a chance?

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IT Governance

APRIL 30, 2020

As always, incidents affecting UK organisations are listed in bold. Among organisations that have remained open, the threat is more severe than ever. You can take a look at every reported incident that accounts for April’s 216,141,421 breached records here.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The case reached the Court of Appeal on 9 October, and on 22 October Morrisons lost. The original court hearing heard that Skelton held a “considerable grudge” against Morrisons after he was accused of dealing drugs known as ‘legal highs’ at work. The first data leak class action in the UK. The background. What happens next?

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 6, 2015

On July 28, 2015, the UK Supreme Court announced its decision to grant permission in part for Google Inc. Google”) to appeal the England and Wales Court of Appeal’s decision in Google Inc. The Court of Appeal ruled on two important issues. v Vidal-Hall and Others.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

THERE could be some immediate Brexit effects on intellectual property rights but the slow, painful untangling of ideologies bound together by law is where the real drama will unfold. In the UK, the idea has always been that copyright is there to incentivise the creation of works?, greater approximation of national laws in this area.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

From a brief search online it is easy to find various different claimant law firms advertising off the back of large public data breaches the possibility to bring a group claim for compensation. There is also a large amount of litigation funding available in the UK and the funders have shown an appetite for class actions.

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Data Protection Report

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision of the High Court holding that an employer can be vicariously liable for data breaches caused by the actions of an employee, even where the employee’s actions were specifically intended to harm the employer. The Court of Appeal judgement.

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Data Protection Report

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The High Court in London has handed down a judgment establishing that, as a matter of English law, a company can be held vicariously liable in respect of data breaches caused by its employees. It remains to be seen, therefore, whether the findings of the judgment will survive the appeals process. The Judgment.

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eDiscovery Daily

APRIL 10, 2018

He runs the e-Disclosure Information Project which disseminates information about the court rules, the problems, and the technology to lawyers and their clients, to judges, and to suppliers. Chris is also a well-known speaker and commentator in the UK, the US and other common law jurisdictions.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

DECEMBER 7, 2017

The ability to raise proceedings while relying on third party funding and insurance, coupled with the new statutory rights under Article 87 of the GDPR described above is likely to fuel the trend of group actions based on breach of data protection laws. Various Claimants v Wm Morrisons Supermarket PLC [2017] 3113.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

NAIC Continues Implementation of 2019 Revisions to the Credit for Reinsurance Model Law and Regulation Ahead of Upcoming Deadlines. The NAIC continues to move forward on its implementation of aspects of the 2019 revisions to the Credit for Reinsurance Model Law and Regulation (together, the Revised CFR Model Laws).

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The US Oversight and Reform Committee learned that Donald Trump’s son-in-law/senior adviser, Jared Kushner, was using WhatsApp to conduct government business. April was a month of mixed results in the UK. The supreme court is expected to make its decision in 2020. IT Governance released its final Weekly Podcast.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The NIS Directive was enacted in the UK as the NIS Regulations on 10 May. The ICO fined Equifax £500,000 for failing to protect the personal information of up to 15 million UK citizens, who were affected by the 2017 data breach that compromised a total of 147.9 It intends to take the case to the Supreme Court.

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CILIP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

s recent contribution to a strategic plan for library and information services at the Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia is an example. ?On Some legal practices look at the future and say they might not look like a traditional law firm in years to come, they?ll ll be more like a tech company whose field is law.

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eDiscovery Daily

MARCH 15, 2018

And, we had Judge Francis who’s got his Microsoft Ireland case going up to the Supreme Court and he was handicapping how that ruling might go. It’s interesting because I think maybe last month I would have said that the Supreme Court would have said yes, you can get the data. ACEDS is going to take a nap.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The current draft of the FAQ document addresses topics such as general background, the intersection of state insurance regulation and federal securities law regulation, how to satisfy the best interest standard of conduct, and insurer supervision and training requirements. NAIC Establishes Special Committee on Race and Insurance.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 15, 2010

Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously wrote in the Harvard Law Review about the threats posed by “instantaneous photographs” and “numerous mechanical devices” to the private lives of individuals. Two, the broad-thinking, strategic person who integrates technology, law, marketing, and sociology.”. In 1890, U.S.

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Campaigners sought to sue for £3bn damages on behalf of millions of iPhone users in England and Wales A £3bn legal action against Google over claims it secretly tracked the internet activity of millions of iPhone users has been blocked by the UK supreme court.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

million LivaNova Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Manufacturing UK Yes 2.2 TB Concertus Design and Property Consultants Limited Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Professional services UK Yes 1.9 Source (New) Agriculture USA Yes Unknown Precision Technologies Group – Holroyd Source (New) Engineering UK Yes Unknown A.G.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

However, the Indian government's view of Aadhaar's security is made very clear in this piece on CNN from November : The government has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court in the Aadhaar case which claims that the data cannot be hacked or breached. link] — NCSC UK (@ncsc) January 8, 2018. Why do websites do this?

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In the wake of the new US commitments, the US and UK immediately issued a joint statement welcoming the EO and announcing that it marked ‘ significant progress on UK-US data adequacy discussions’. Following last spring’s joint US-EU announcement of a “deal in principle” on an enhanced EU-U.S. The Executive Order.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 25, 2018

This week, we discuss the stalemate between Bloomberg Businessweek and Supermicro, Apple and Facebook’s call for a federal data privacy law in the US, and what the Morrisons Appeal Court ruling means for every organisation. We at Apple are in full support of a comprehensive federal privacy law in the United States.”.

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AIIM

JANUARY 23, 2020

A similar recent report of troubling use of this technology was documented by Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy and Technology study, and reported in major national news media, as to how US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (commonly known as "ICE") analyzed millions of driver's license photos in three states without their knowledge.

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eDiscovery Daily

APRIL 17, 2018

The Supreme Court heard arguments on February 27th over Microsoft’s ongoing data privacy case involving email stored in Microsoft datacenter in Ireland. However, Congress has since passed the CLOUD (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data) Act. And, they were right.

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