Alex Scroxton reports: Supermarket chain Morrisons has succeeded in its appeal to the Supreme Court against judgments that held it liable for an insider data breach caused by a disgruntled employee. In its unanimous judgment, the Supreme Court said previous judgments had fundamentally misunderstood the principles governing vicarious liability in a number of ways, most notably because…
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UK Info Commish quietly urged court to swat away 100k Morrisons data breach sueball
Gareth Corfield reports: The UK’s Information Commissioner urged the Court of Appeal to side with Morrisons in the supermarket’s battle to avoid liability for the theft and leaking of nearly 100,000 employees’ payroll details – despite not having read the employees’ legal arguments. A letter (PDF) sent to the Court of Appeal in May 2018…
Morrisons: £55m payout over 2014 ‘grudge’ leak of payroll data ‘grossly unjust’
Graeme Burton reports: Morrisons has told the Supreme Court in London that it should not be held either directly or vicariously liable for the 2014 payroll data leak of almost 100,000 employees. The leak was traced to its senior IT internal auditor Andrew Skelton, who held a grudge against the company following a disciplinary hearing over the…
Morrisons granted permission for Supreme Court appeal over data breach ruling
Sebastian McCarthy reports: Morrisons has been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court after losing a major court case over a data leak. In October the UK’s fourth-biggest supermarket lost an appeal against a High Court ruling that concluded the firm was legally liable for a former employee leaking personal information about 100,000 staff…
This Is What The Morrisons Data Leak Class Action Means For Future Breaches
Kate O’Flaherty reports: UK supermarket Morrisons is facing a massive payout to staff after losing the first data leak class action in the UK. It comes after Andrew Skelton, a senior internal auditor at the retailer’s Bradford headquarters, leaked employee data online in 2014. Last year, a court ruled the firm was liable for his actions….
Morrisons’ data leak could see thousands of workers given payout
Jan Colley, Simon Smith, and Gareth Bartlett report: Staff at Morrisons could be about to receive a massive payout after their personal details were posted on the internet. A huge data leak by the supermarket giant has allowed a claim by thousands of workers. They are seeking compensation for the upset and distress caused and…