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At the Supreme Court, Morrisons pops data breach liability win into its trolley – but it's not a get-out-of-compo free card for businesses
2020-04-01 12:55

Morrisons supermarket is not liable for the actions of a disgruntled employee who deliberately leaked nearly 100,000 employees' payroll data online, Britain's Supreme Court has ruled. Supreme Court judge Lord Reed ruled: "First, the disclosure of the data on the internet did not form part of Skelton's functions or field of activities," also decreeing that previous findings by the High Court and Court of Appeal were mistaken in law.

UK Info Commish quietly urged court to swat away 100k Morrisons data breach sueball
2019-11-13 11:00

Supermarket says it's innocent and we don't need more than that, ICO told judges The UK's Information Commissioner urged the Court of Appeal to side with Morrisons in the supermarket’s battle to...

Morrisons is to blame for 100k payroll theft and leak, say 9,000 workers
2019-11-08 16:00

Supreme Court wraps up legal submissions from supermarket and breach victims "Cutting to the chase, it's not a case where the office cleaner finds a thumb drive, picks it up and takes the...

Morrisons tells top court it's not liable for staffer who nicked payroll data of 100,000 employees
2019-11-07 14:00

Supermarket takes appeal to most senior legal eagles Brit supermarket Morrisons is arguing in the Supreme Court that it shouldn't be held vicariously liable for the actions of a rogue employee who...

Morrisons supermarket: We're taking payroll leak liability fight to UK Supreme Court
2018-10-23 10:31

Brit grocer says it shouldn't be held responsible for criminal actions of worker Morrisons has vowed to take its hack liability fight to the UK Supreme Court after failing to convince Court of...

Don't make us pay compo for employee data breach, Morrisons begs UK court
2018-10-09 13:02

Beaks ponder first-of-a-kind data protection case Lawyers for supermarket chain Morrisons today urged the UK Court of Appeal to overturn an earlier judgment that made the company partly liable for...