English Courts Further Restrict Data Breach Claims

2021 was generally a bad year for Claimants pursuing data breach claims through the courts. The year ended with two further cases that continued to constrain the types of claims that can be brought and, perhaps more importantly, cast doubt on whether they are economically viable for Claimants and their lawyers to pursue. We highlight them below and explain where this leaves us as we progress through 2022.

Re-cap

Lloyd -v- Google was probably the stand-out case of the year, where the Supreme Court dealt a blow to the viability of collective redress for large groups of individuals seeking a remedy for misuse of their personal data and private information. See our article here.