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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 6. Privacy Briefs: June 2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 6 (June 2020): A divided Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated a patient’s claim that a hospital is vicariously liable for the actions of a medical assistant who accessed the patient’s...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Vicarious Liability for Employee’s Data Breach: Key Takeaways from the U.K. Supreme Court’s Judgment

On April 1, 2020, the U.K. Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants [2020] UKSC 12, the first class action-type claim concerning a data breach in the U.K.. In this...more

Goodwin

UK Supreme Court Says Employer Not Vicariously Liable for Employee’s Data Protection Breach

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Good news for employers who can take some comfort in the UK Supreme Court’s judgment – in WM Morrison Supermarkets plc (Appellant) v Various Claimants (Respondents) [2020] UKSC 12 – which held that Morrisons was not liable...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Case Update: Morrisons Not Vicariously Liable For Data Breach By Rogue Employee

In Various Claimants v. WM Morrison Supermarkets [2020] UKSC 12, the Supreme Court has reversed the Court of Appeal decision and held that Morrisons supermarket is not liable for the serious (intentional) data breach by its...more

A&O Shearman

Employer vicariously liable for rogue employee’s data breach

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An employer was held by the Court of Appeal to be vicariously liable for a rogue employee’s deliberate and criminal disclosure of the personal data of other employees. This was despite the employee’s aim being to harm the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Supermarket Held Vicariously Liable in UK’s First Data Leak Class Action

UK supermarket chain Morrisons has been held vicariously liable for the acts of a malicious employee in the UK’s first data leak class action. The issue began in 2014, when a disgruntled Morrison’s internal IT auditor posted...more

MoFo Reenforcement

Financial Services Report – Spring 2018

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The 2018 Winter Olympics are over. We watched two 17-year-olds win gold medals in sports that didn’t exist when we were 17. The Garlic Girls, with nicknames from their favorite breakfasts, and the U.S. men’s team won medals...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Data Protection: Was an Employer Liable for an Employee's Malicious Data Breach

In Various Claimants v WM Morrisons Supermarket PLC [2017] EWHC3 113 (QB), the High Court considered whether an employer was liable for an employee’s malicious disclosure of personal data belonging to other employees. This...more

A&O Shearman

Morrisons vicariously liable for rogue employee’s misuse of personal data

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A landmark ruling in a group action by employees has found Morrisons Supermarket vicariously liable for a deliberate data breach carried out by a rogue employee, out of working hours and at home on a personal computer. The...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Employers Can Be Vicariously Liable For Employee Data Breaches

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The United Kingdom High Court recently issued a landmark liability judgment against the supermarket, Morrisons, following a data breach caused by a rogue employee (Various Claimants v. WM Morrisons Supermarket [2017] EWHC3113...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Corporate Cybersecurity Can Only Be as Strong as Your Weakest Link

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While corporate executives are increasingly becoming aware of their obligation to be informed of cybersecurity threats and the steps being taken by their company to prevent data breaches, it is equally important for...more

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