High Court has been sceptical of low-value compensation claims for minor data breaches, illustrated by criticising the kitchen sink approach, transferring straightforward, low-value data breach claims, condemning data breach claims for damages when there is little to no harm
2021 was a busy year for UK data litigators as courts got their teeth into some key issues in this developing area. One area of particular focus was how English law approaches the ‘minor’ or ‘inadvertent’ data breach.