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  • Supreme Court: Employer not vicariously liable for rogue employee's data breach

    Date:
    3 April 2020

    In WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various claimants, the Supreme Court held that the employer is not vicariously liable for an employee's deliberate personal data breach because the employee was not engaged in furthering his employer's business but was pursuing "a personal vendetta".

  • Covert CCTV surveillance of Spanish shop workers did not violate right to privacy

    Date:
    18 October 2019

    In López Ribalda and others v Spain, the European Court of Human Rights held that Spanish shop workers' right to privacy was not violated when a supermarket secretly installed hidden cameras to monitor employee thefts.

  • Vicarious liability: Employer liable for data breaches by employee with "grudge"

    Date:
    25 October 2018

    In WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various claimants, the Court of Appeal held that the employer is vicariously liable for the criminal actions of an employee who disclosed the personal data of his fellow employees online.

  • Human rights: Covert CCTV surveillance of Spanish shop workers violated right to privacy

    Date:
    18 January 2018

    In López Ribalda and others v Spain, the European Court of Human Rights held that Spanish shop workers' right to privacy was violated when a supermarket installed hidden cameras without their knowledge to monitor employee thefts.

  • Human rights: CCTV surveillance in classes violated lecturers' right to privacy

    Date:
    11 January 2018

    In Antovic and another v Montenegro, the European Court of Human Rights held that overt camera surveillance in a university's lecture halls violated professors' right to privacy under the European Convention on Human Rights.

  • Case round-up

    Date:
    1 April 2017

    Chris Cook is a partner and Keely Rushmore is a senior associate at SA Law. They round up the latest rulings.

  • Case round-up

    Date:
    1 July 2015

    David Malamatenios is a partner, and Krishna Santra, Sandra Martins and Colin Makin are senior associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

  • Data protection: A person's name will generally constitute personal data

    Date:
    31 December 2014

    In Edem v Information Commissioner and another [2014] EWCA Civ 92 CA, the Court of Appeal held that an individual's name will constitute "personal data" for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998 so as to be exempt from disclosure pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act 2000 request, unless it is so common that, without further information, such as its use in a work context, a person would remain unidentifiable despite its disclosure.

  • Case round-up

    Date:
    1 September 2014

    Gerri Hurst, Sinead Keenan, Carly Mather, Joelle Parkinson and Mark Rose are associates at Addleshaw Goddard LLP. They round up the latest rulings.

  • Initial Services Ltd v Putterill and Another

    Date:
    31 December 1967

    In Initial Services Ltd v Putterill and Another [1967] 3 All ER 145 CA, the Court of Appeal affirmed that employees should not disclose confidential information that they obtain during the course of their employment, but that there is an exception where the disclosure is in the public interest.

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