Successful action for compensation: damage caused by unlawful disclosure of personal data
1 December 2011
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It's very rare that I post another blog, but this is a rare event indeed: a data subject has taken successful action for compensation under section 13 of the Data Protection Act. Normally what happens if a data controller has caused damage, there is an out-of-court settlement with a gagging (sorry “confidentiality”) clause so no-one is the wiser. The claimant brought an action following an unauthorised disclosure of his personal medical data, in or about December 2007. The partner of
