Mass Claims An international journal with a European focus 2022 nr. 1
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England and Wales

Anna Dannreuther and Jackie McArthur

Case Law

Lloyd v Google [2021 ] UKSC 50

This was a representative claim brought by an iPhone user, alleging that Google had breached its obligations as a data controller under s. 4(4) of the Data Protection Act 1998, by secretly tracking the internet usage of the claimant and millions of other iPhone users, and using the data thereby collected for commercial purposes without the users' knowledge or consent.  The representative procedure cannot be used if the compensation recoverable for each person has to be individually assessed.  

 

The Supreme Court held that a person who claimed to be the victim of a misuse of data under the Act would need to show both unlawful use of the data, and that the individual suffered damage as...

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England and Wales, France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland

England and Wales

Case Law

Lloyd v Google [[2021]] UKSC 50

Justin Le Patourel v BT Group Plc [[2022]] EWCA Civ 593

Crossley v Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft [[2021]] EWHC 3444 (QB)

Rawet v Daimler AG 2022) EWHC 235 (QB)

Permission to appeal in PACCAR Inc v Road Haulage Association Ltd [[2021]] EWCA Civ 299

Legislation

Miscellaneous

France

Case Law

CLCV vs Cdiscount & GreenYellow

CLCV vs Mint

Miscellaneous

Hungary

Case Law

The Debrecen Court of Appeal's judgments of November 10, 2021 (Cases No Gf.IV.30.066/2021 and Gf.IV.30.079/2021)[10]

The Metropolitan Court of Appeal's judgment of January 28, 2021 (Case No 20.Gpkf.44.207/2020)[11],[12]

Italy

Case Law

Venice District Court's judgment of 7 July 2021, Altroconsumo v. Volkswagen AG & Volkswagen Group Italia S.p.A.

Legislation

Miscellaneous

The Netherlands

Case Law

Amsterdam District Court, 29 December 2021 (ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2021:7647) – The Privacy Collective Foundation (TPC) vs. Oracle and Salesforce[21]

Supreme Court, 11 March 2022 (ECLI:NL:HR:2022:347) – Music#MeToo Foundation (SMMT) vs. Warner Music Benelux

Amsterdam District Court, 30 March 2022 (ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2022:1541) – Diesel Emissions Justice Foundation (DEJ) vs. Volkswagen et al.[23] – Dieselgate affair

Amsterdam District Court, 30 March 2022 (ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2022:1542) – Diesel Emissions Justice Foundation (DEJ) vs. Stellantis et al. – Dieselgate affair

Legislation

Portugal

Case Law

Octávio Viana et al v Vodafone (22640/18.1T8LSB.L1.S1)

DECO v Volkswagen (26412/16.0T8LSB.L1-A.S1)

Ius Omnibus v Associação Nacional de Topógrafos (15/21.5YQSTR)

Ius Omnibus v Super Bock (20/20.9YQSTR) and Ius Omnibus v Mastercard (19/20.5YQSTR)

ANVI v VASP (5-21.8YQSTR) and Ius Omnibus v Apple (29499/21.0T8LSB.L1)

Public Prosecutor v Worten (3258/16.0T8MTS.P1)

Miscellaneous

Spain

Case Law

Trucks Litigation

Litigation in relation to fuel distribution vertical restraint cases

Antitrust litigation

Banking and consumer litigation

Legislation

Miscellaneous

Switzerland

Case Law

Federal Supreme Court, Case 4A_483/2018 of 8 February 2019

Federal Supreme Court Case 4A_43/2020, judgment of 16 July 2020

Federal Supreme Court, Case 4A_281/2020 of 13 January 2021

Legislation

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12 juli 2022
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