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Data And Cyber Bulletin - August 2021

Data And Cyber Bulletin - August 2021

Welcome to the August edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin.

Accidental data breaches: compensation claims and courts

Accidental data breaches: compensation claims and courts

Ben Hamer discusses compensation claims developments and strategy, providing helpful guidance on transfers to the County Court and allocation to the s ...

Amazon’s Luxembourgian Lead Gamble

Amazon’s Luxembourgian Lead Gamble

Amazon.com Inc is facing the largest GDPR fine issued since the Regulation came into force in 2018, after its lead supervisory authority in Luxembourg ...

Warren v DSG: strike-out success

Warren v DSG: strike-out success

The High Court has handed down judgment in Warren v DSG Retail Ltd [2021] EWHC 2168 (QB) providing much needed clarity on claims against data controll ...

Have you paid the price? Beware of ransomware

Have you paid the price? Beware of ransomware

Ransomware is recognised by many as one of the top current threats in cybersecurity. Of particular note is the August 2021 report by Accenture which r ...

Not pulling their punches : magistrates’ courts and unlimited fines for breach of Air Navigation Order provisions

Not pulling their punches : magistrates’ courts and unlimited fines for breach of Air Navigation Order provisions

On 6 July 2021 a private individual was fined GBP175,000 on conviction by Brighton Magistrates’ Court of two aviation safety offences under the Air Na ...

Housebuilder Tip of the Month: SDLT - Getting ready for your next Joint Venture

Housebuilder Tip of the Month: SDLT - Getting ready for your next Joint Venture

Sometimes developments require you to team up with another developer (or even more than one developer). If structured correctly, this can be quite tax ...

No aggregation of claims following dishonest solicitor's thefts

No aggregation of claims following dishonest solicitor's thefts

In what is undoubtedly an important decision for the insurance market, solicitors and claimants, the Court of Appeal has ruled that claims arisin ...

Changes to the thresholds to publish on FTS and Contracts Finder for NHS organisations

Changes to the thresholds to publish on FTS and Contracts Finder for NHS organisations

There are new procurement thresholds for certain NHS bodies for publication on Find a Tender Service (“FTS”) and Contracts Finder, and we have set out ...

High Court Highways Trial: Double Win For Luton Borough Council

High Court Highways Trial: Double Win For Luton Borough Council

It’s not too often these days that a highway case makes the giddy heights of the High Court but our recent case of O’Connor v Luton BC did just that. ...