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Employer vicariously liable for employee’s personal data breaches
...Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”) and sentenced to eight years in prison. The employees brought claims against Morrisons for breach of statutory duty (breach of the data protection principles in...
Morrisons loses appeal in personal data breach case
...Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”) and sentenced to eight years in prison. Over 5,000 Morrisons’ employees claimed compensation for breach of statutory duty (breach of the data protection princip...
Supreme Court rules criminal record disclosure regime is unlawful
...Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). In addition to finding a lawful basis for the processing, employers must also comply with the data protection principles, including that processing should be adequ...
Whistleblowing: disclosures made in defence of poor performance could still be in the public interest
...Data Protection Act. She also raised concerns about other data protection breaches, including having to store a service user’s personal file containing sensitive personal information in an unlocked dr...
The without prejudice rule: exaggerated allegations and unambiguous impropriety
...Data Protection Act and acted "without integrity" in breach of FCA rules. It went on to state that her conduct could result in summary dismissal, criminal convictions and FCA findings which could make...
Show me all you’ve got for a tenner - Data Subject Access Request
...data, even though the ICO has consistently taken a different stance. Background It’s becoming increasingly common to see employees make data subject access requests of their employers, and to ask t...
No Safe Harbour
...protection. Each Members State’s data protection authorities have to be able to determine whether the transfer of personal data to a country outside the EEA complies with the EU Data Protection Dire...
Dismissal for Disobeying Instruction not to Contact the Information Commissioner’s Office was Fair
...data to her home computer. Mr Barton emailed the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) to seek advice and disclosed the information he had received from his colleague. Later that day he relayed ...
Employer Stopped from Providing Reference Containing Details of Disciplinary Allegations and Sickness Record
...data protection law and can advise on data protection issues arising throughout the employment relationship, from recruitment, through employment to termination. Please contact Piers Leigh-Pollitt fo...
Covert Video Surveillance Did Not Make Dismissal Unfair
...data protection obligations in relation to monitoring. It had not considered any of the matters set out in the Data Protection Code, such as carrying out an impact assessment and G had a “legitimate e...