Podcast: Lloyd v Google LLC
Podcast: Lloyd v Google LLC
The Supreme Court has dismissed Mr Lloyd’s opt-out representative action against Google for its Safari cookies workaround. Does this mean it’s game over for privacy class actions?
The Supreme Court has put an end to Mr Lloyd’s claim under section 13 of the Data Protection Act 1998 for damage allegedly suffered by a class of Apple iPhone users whose personal data had been unlawfully processed by Google in late 2011 and early 2012 when it circumvented blocks in place on the Safari web browser to install its DoubleClick Ad tracking cookie.
Data controllers will no doubt breathe a sigh of relief over the ruling. However, the Court’s rejection of Mr Lloyd’s action may leave those who suffer the wholesale misuse of their personal data without their consent unable to recover compensation, even where this misuse is deliberate and undertaken with a view to commercial profit or gain.
In this podcast, my colleague Celso De Azevedo and I chat with host Philip Ingram MBE about the Supreme Court’s ruling in Lloyd v Google LLC and why iPhone users didn’t get £750 compensation.
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