This short blog post considers only one – so far largely disregarded – aspect of the decision of the Supreme Court in Lloyd v Google LLC – its rejection of the argument that since Article 8 ECHR underlies both data protection and the tort of misuse of private information (MPI), the two actions should provide the same level of protection for private information. Continue reading
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Data controllers can breathe. Google won and the “loss of control damages” gravy train for claimant data protection lawyers has been brought to a screeching halt. Continue reading
It has, today, been announced on the UK Supreme Court website that judgment in the case of Lloyd v Google will be handed down at 9.45 on Wednesday 10 November 2021. Google’s appeal against the Court of Appeal’s 2 October 2019 decision ([2019] EWCA Civ 1599) was heard on 28 and 29 April 2021 by a panel consisting of Lord Reed, Lady Arden and Lords Sales, Leggatt and Burrows. Continue reading
On 28 and 29 April 2021, the Supreme Court (Lord Reed, Lady Arden, Lords Sales, Leggatt and Burrows) heard the long awaited Google appeal against the Court of Appeal’s 2 October 2019 decision ([2019] EWCA Civ 1599). Continue reading
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