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UK Data Protection Act Criminal Prosecution

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Tread carefully: Global pay and employee benefits traps for the unwary

This briefing highlights a number of international pay and employee benefits legal issues that carry potentially severe penalties. Each of these issues is well worth a review now to avoid future consequences. International...more

Dechert LLP

The UK Supreme Court Rules on Vicarious Liability for Acts of Employees

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In WM Morrisons Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants the Supreme Court today issued an important judgment clarifying the scope of vicarious liability of employers for the wrongful acts of their employees: Morrisons was found...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

UK Employer Vicariously Liable for Employee Data Breach

The supermarket chain Morrisons, has been found to be vicariously liable for an employee’s data breach, in a decision which extends the scope of vicarious liability. A senior IT auditor at Morrisons, named Skelton, unlawfully...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Crackdown on ‘Back-door’ Criminal Record Checks

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Under section 56 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA), it is now a criminal offence for any person or organisation to require an individual to submit a ‘subject access request’ (i.e. the right for an individual to access any...more

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