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

By Marcus Evans (UK) and Ffion Flockhart (UK) on August 8, 2016 Posted in Compliance and risk management, Dispute resolution and litigation

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On 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

British supermarket chain faces group litigation action in the UK based on data breach

By Jonathan Ball (UK) on March 7, 2016 Posted in Data breach

In November of 2015, the English High Court in London approved a Group Litigation Order (“GLO”) allowing employees of one of the United Kingdom’s largest supermarket chains to join the pending action.… Continue reading

Third Circuit ruling reinstates state law privacy claims related to Google’s use of cookies

By on November 23, 2015 Posted in Compliance and risk management, Dispute resolution and litigation

In re: Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy Litigation, involves 24 consolidated lawsuits that were initially brought against several internet advertisers alleging violations of various state and federal privacy statutes, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Wiretap Act and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. In October of 2013, the District of Delaware dismissed … Continue reading

Russia’s data localization requirements delayed for Facebook, Google and Twitter

By Vera Shaftan (RU) on September 7, 2015 Posted in Regulatory response

The Russian data protection authority, Roscomnadzor, has given major U.S. technology companies extra time to comply with the Russian data localization law. The law, which went into effect on September 1, 2015, requires companies to store and process all personal data of Russian citizens using databases located in Russia. The law imposes a variety of penalties … Continue reading

Google challenges applicability of CNIL’s “right to be forgotten” order to domain extensions outside the EU

By Nadège Martin (FR) on August 4, 2015 Posted in Compliance and risk management

In a recent blog post, reflecting on Google’s ongoing dispute with France’s CNIL about the scope of the “right to be forgotten,” Peter Fleisher, Google’s Global Privacy Counsel, announced that Google will maintain its position that that company would not comply with the CNIL’s formal notice dated May 21, 2015 to implement individuals’ requests to … Continue reading

UK Court of Appeal Establishes Data Protection Rights in Privacy Case

By Jane Berry (UK), Ffion Flockhart (UK) and Marcus Evans (UK) on April 9, 2015 Posted in Dispute resolution and litigation

A 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