Bristows' Podcast

Low value data breaches (2021)

Bristows Season 2 Episode 1

Litigation experts Toby Headdon and Victoria Baron discuss the level of compensation assigned for low value data breaches and privacy related claims as they're rising across all different sectors. 

What is the type of damages that can be recovered for breaches of data protection law?

What challenges will all those involved face in these types of claims?

In this episode they’ll look at a few key examples:

  • Phone hacking and the Gulati vs MGN decision
  • TLT vs Home Office where claimants were awarded financial sums for distress
  • The Supreme Court Lloyd vs Google case – Whether damages can be awarded purely for loss of control of personal data?  

Read the DP Top 10 here.