Judgement day for UK class actions approaches

Judgement day for UK class actions approaches

April 21, 2021, Global Data Review

Mark Young is quoted in Global Data Review regarding the UK Supreme Court’s hearing of Lloyd v. Google, a case that will aim to pursue large companies in violation of data misconduct and breaches. Mr. Young says, “It’s a highly-anticipated case – in many ways it really is a test case. It might establish a principle of ‘you breach you pay’. That would have very broad ramifications for companies that process data in terms of their potential exposure – and adding that to the increasing enforcement by regulators under the GDPR.”

He adds, “It could be interesting to see what similarities there will be between the regulators’ approach and what’s taken into account for compensation claims. There will probably be some differences due to the differences between a fining regime and a compensation regime. In the next few years we will see parallel proceedings with damages pursued in compensation claims in parallel to, and following on from, regulatory fines.”