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California privacy initiative likely to increase costs of civil litigation if passed in November

Photo of Spencer Persson (US)By Spencer Persson (US) on Posted in Compliance and risk management
Norton Rose Fulbright - Data Protection Report blogA little more than one month from implementation of GDPR, companies may be tempted to relax and exhale (and if GDPR is still causing you headaches, consult our checklist). After all, the U.S. couldn’t be crazy enough to implement something as onerous and difficult, right? RIGHT?!? Enter California, which appears likely to place an initiative … Continue reading

Damages for Emotional Distress for Privacy Claims to Stay in the UK

Photo of Marcus Evans (UK)Photo of Ffion Flockhart (UK)By Marcus Evans (UK) and Ffion Flockhart (UK) on Posted in Compliance and risk management, Dispute resolution and litigation
Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightOn June 30, 2016, Google withdrew its appeal from the UK Supreme Court in the landmark case of Google v. Vidal-Hall after the parties reached a settlement. In the ruling on appeal, the Court of Appeal had ruled that damages for emotional distress, without any pecuniary loss, may be awarded under the Data Protection Act … Continue reading

UK Court of Appeal Establishes Data Protection Rights in Privacy Case

Photo of Jane Berry (UK)Photo of Ffion Flockhart (UK)Photo of Marcus Evans (UK)By Jane Berry (UK), Ffion Flockhart (UK) and Marcus Evans (UK) on Posted in Dispute resolution and litigation
Data Protection Report - Norton Rose FulbrightA recent English Court of Appeal judgment could significantly broaden the circumstances in which data protection litigation can be brought – and damages can be awarded – under English law. Background Vidal-Hall et al v Google ([2015] EWCA Civ 311) involves claims brought by three individual users against Google. The users alleged that Google collected private … Continue reading
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