All items: Data protection

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  AB v A Chief Constable [2014] EWHC 1965 HC (1 report relating to this case)

  • 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.

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  Barbulescu v Romania [2016] IRLR 235 ECHR (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Human rights: No breach of employee's human rights when private use of business messaging account monitored

    Date:

    19 March 2016

    In Barbulescu v Romania [2016] IRLR 235 ECHR, the European Court of Human Rights held that an employer did not breach its employee's human rights when it monitored his private use of a business messaging account.

  • Social media: monitoring employee's work-related Yahoo account was justified

    Date:

    19 January 2016

    In this Romanian case, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) accepted that the employee's right to a private life had been affected when his employer accessed his Yahoo messages. However, the ECHR went on to hold that the employer's actions were justified in the circumstances and not in breach of art. 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights.

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  Criminal Proceedings against Lindqvist Case C-101/01 ECJ (1 report relating to this case)

  • Criminal Proceedings against Lindqvist

    Date:

    31 December 2001

    In Criminal Proceedings against Lindqvist Case C-101/01 ECJ, the European Court of Justice held that the act of referring on the internet to individuals and identifying them by name or other means constitutes the processing of personal data.

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  Dawson-Damer and others v Taylor Wessing LLP (Information Commissioner intervening) [2017] EWCA Civ 74 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • 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.

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  Durant v Financial Services Authority [2003] EWCA Civ 1746 CA (3 reports relating to this case)

  • Data protection: Court of Appeal guidance on "personal data" and "relevant filing system"

    Date:

    20 February 2004

    In Durant v Financial Services Authority, the Court of Appeal holds that, when an individual requests information under s.7 of the Data Protection Act 1998, the data controller must first determine whether the information sought is capable of being that person's "personal data" as defined, regardless of whether it is held in computerised or manual form. If (and to the extent that) it is not, it is not disclosable under s.7(1). All other issues then fall away and that is the end of the matter.

  • Case round up

    Date:

    1 February 2004

    Our resident experts at Pinsents bring you a comprehensive update on all the latest decisions that could affect your organisation, and advice on what to do about them.

  • Case round-up: employee requests to access personal data; and grievance investigations

    Date:

    13 January 2004

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: employee requests to access personal data; and grievance investigations.

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  Edem v Information Commissioner and another [2014] EWCA Civ 92 CA (2 reports relating to this case)

  • 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.

  • Data protection: a name is personal data save for limited exceptions

    Date:

    20 March 2014

    The Court of Appeal has held that a name is personal data unless it is so common that, without further information, such as its use in a work context, a person remains unidentifiable despite its disclosure.

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  Johnson v Medical Defence Union [2004] EWHC 347 HC (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case round-up: subject access requests regarding personal data; and discrimination against transsexuals

    Date:

    25 May 2004

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: subject access requests regarding personal data; and discrimination against transsexuals.

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  Shanks v Unilever plc and others [2017] EWCA Civ 2 CA (1 report relating to this case)

  • 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.

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  Various claimants v WM Morrisons Supermarket plc [2018] IRLR 200 HC (1 report relating to this case)

  • Vicarious liability: Employer liable for "rogue" employee's data breaches

    Date:

    7 December 2017

    The High Court has held that, while the employer was not at fault in the way in which it processed and protected personal data, it is vicariously liable for the actions of a rogue employee who published the personal data of co-employees online.

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  WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various claimants [2020] IRLR 472 SC (1 report relating to this case)

  • 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".