Legal Article
09/12/20
As we all look forward to the possibility of less restrictions, a vaccine, some return to normality and return to the office, many of us will continue to work from home. The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) continue to focus on recordkeeping and data protection impact assessments,…
Legal Article
04/11/20
The Case (1) RACING PARTNERSHIP LTD (2) ARENA LEISURE LTD (3) ARENA RACING CORP LTD v SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICES LTD (2020) was brought against Sports Information Services Limited, who had an exclusive contractual right to collect, analyse and sell information to off-site bookmakers for the…
Legal Article
12/10/20
The High court was recently asked to adjudicate in a case NK v COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS (2020) where the authorities had retained data about an 11 year old boy who had expressed extremist ideas about terrorism including, America being evil, an obsession with killing the Prime Minister…
Legal Article
16/09/20
The ICO have recently published details of data security incidents on their website. The figures show that the vast majority of data breaches related to cyber security incidents, hacks and cyber-attacks, followed closely by sending information to an incorrect recipient by email or post. The lower…
Legal Article
25/08/20
On the 13 March 2020, The Queen's Bench Division of the Media and Communications List passed judgment in the case of Alexander Aristides Reid v Katie Price [2020] EWHC 594 (QB) . This important decision supercedes the phone hacking cases of Gulati v MGN [2015] EWHC 1482 & [2015] EWCA Civ 1291…
Legal Article
19/05/20
British Budget Airline Giant easyJet, has been the recent victim of a shocking data breach. A company investigation recently discovered the email addresses and travel details of around nine million customers have been accessed in the cyber- attack, acquiring the credit card details of more than 2,000…
Legal Article
03/04/20
In 2017 the High Court found that Morrisons were liable under the old Data Protection Regulations when an employee copied the personal data, including payroll data, of a large number of employees onto a USB stick. Took it home and uploaded it to a publicly-accessible file-sharing website. He was…
Legal Article
01/04/20
The Supreme Court has today ruled in favour of Morrisons Supermarkets in relation to a large data breach claim, brought by a group of employees whose personal information had been posted online by a disgruntled employee. Data Breach Claim The employee, Andrew Skelton, was a member of Morrisons…
Forbes News
18/03/20
At Forbes Solicitors, we are keen to reassure clients that we have robust business continuity measures in place to protect and maintain service levels so we can continue to support our clients. The health and welfare of our colleagues and clients is paramount. We will continue to monitor the most…
Forbes News
06/03/20
A Virgin Media database containing the personal details of 900,000 people was left accessible online for 10 months.* Virgin Media has confirmed that the database has now been shut down but has admitted that the information was accessed "on at least one occasion" by an unknown user. They…
Legal Article
02/03/20
Loqbox Savings Limited, who help people build up their credit score and save money on credit cards, loans and mortgages, has suffered a cyber-attack on their computer system on 20th February 2020. Although Loqbox reports that immediate steps were taken to protect their system, it still resulted in…
Legal Article
07/01/20
The Government are likely to face a number of claims for compensation following the leak of personal data into the public domain after 1,097 work and home addresses were published online, including those of celebrities, politicians, diplomats and senior police officers*. The General Data Protection…
