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United Kingdom Leading Case loss of controlsame interestmisuse of private information

Lloyd v Google LLC

[2021] UKSC 50
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtSupreme Court of the United Kingdom
Year2021
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A representative action under CPR 19.6 cannot be brought for damages for breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 where each class member's claim depends on individual circumstances; the 'same interest' requirement is not met.

Area of Law

data-protection

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Google LLC v CNIL (CJEU C-507/17) ECLI:EU:C:2019:772

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