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In Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Ari, 2023 BCCA 331, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) confirmed that an employer may be found vicariously liable when its employee violates of s. 1 of the province’s...more
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
A recent decision in Indiana highlights the data security liability risks facing employers based on the actions of their employees, extending vicarious liability even to cases where the employees were acting wholly for...more
In this episode I visit with Jonathan Armstrong are back to discuss issues relating to data privacy, data protection and GDPR. Today, we consider the recent decision by the UK Supreme Court on the Morrisons case. ...more
Judgment offers some comfort for data controllers, without eliminating the possibility of vicarious liability based on an employee’s actions. The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) has ruled that WM Morrisons Supermarkets plc...more
In a significant decision, the Supreme Court unanimously held that Morrisons, the U.K. supermarket chain, was not vicariously liable for an employee’s significant data breach, reversing the Court of Appeal’s previous...more
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
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
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
In a decision that will come as a relief to many businesses, the UK Supreme Court has unanimously held that companies should not be held vicariously liable for the actions of rogue employees who leak personal data....more
Today’s decision by the Supreme Court to allow the appeal in WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants may on first glance look like a significant setback to privacy advocates. However, the court’s unanimous judgment...more
Data security and privacy is a hot global topic right now. New laws that closely regulate data security practices seem to be popping up everywhere in order to account for all of the data people transmit electronically daily....more
On January 12, 2017, a U.K. court rendered a decision in a class action that could affect the way U.K. courts view vicarious liability for data breaches. In Various Claimaints v. Wm Morrisons Supermarket PLC, an employee of...more
In this episode, I visit with Jonathan Armstrong on the recent UK court of appeals decision in the Morrisons’ case. This decision stretched the limits of vicarious liability for a corporation to the absolute breaking point...more
Supreme Court Rules that Refusal to Bake “Gay-Cake” Was Not Discriminatory - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On October 10, 2018, the UK Supreme Court held a bakery and its Christian owners had...more
A supermarket chain in the United Kingdom has been all over the press after it was held liable for a data breach by a rogue employee. This article analyzes the appellate court’s judgment to set out what it means for employers...more
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
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
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 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
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
Court of Appeal Finds that Fairness of Decision Depends on Decision-Maker’s Actual Knowledge - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - Dismissing an employee because they have made protected...more
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
In this weeks issue: - Employer vicariously liable for employee's data breach - Time and time again - no implied right to bonus through custom and practice - Making progress - gender pay gap toolkit...more