United Kingdom: Lawsuit on data controller obligation alleging unlawful collection and processing of personal data (Lloyd v Google LLC)

Progress

Current status
rejected
10 Nov 2021 rejected
11 Mar 2020 under appeal
02 Oct 2019 in force

Scope

Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
online advertising provider
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
supreme court
court
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

10 Nov 2021
rejected

UK Supreme Court judgment in Lloyd v Google LLC

On 10 November 2021, the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) delivered its judgment in the case of Lloyd v Google LLC ([2021] UKSC 50). Specifically, the UKSC held that the action under section 13 of the Digital Protection Act (DPA) 1998 for damages for breach …

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type rejection
Government branch judiciary
Government body supreme court
11 Mar 2020
under appeal

UKSC grants leave to appeal in Lloyd v Google LLC

On 11 March 2020, the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) has granted Google leave to appeal the Court of Appeal (CoA) decision (Lloyd v Google LLC [2019] EWCA Civ 1599). Specifically, the CoA had decided that damages under section 13 of the Data Protection A…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type appeal
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
02 Oct 2019
in force

UK Court of Appeal decision in Lloyd v Google LLC

On 2 October 2019, the UK Court of Appeal (CoA) has delivered its decision in Lloyd v Google LLC ([2019] EWCA Civ 1599) in favour of the appellant Mr. Lloyd. Mr. Lloyd had claimed that Google had unlawfully processed the data of over 4 million iPhon…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court