Mass Compensation Claims for Illegal Online Tracking

Václav Janeček

Mass Compensation Claims for Illegal Online Tracking

Václav Janeček

University of Bristol Law School

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Analyses the UK Supreme Court's decision in Richard Lloyd v Google LLC [2021] UKSC 50, [2021] 3 WLR 1268. Argues that, contrary to what a superficial reading of Lloyd may suggest, the UKSC judgment does not mean that illegal online tracking cannot be actionable per se or that representative compensation claims in data protection law have no chance to succeed. Shows that the main lesson from Lloyd is that such claims should be framed differently from how Mr Lloyd framed his claim and that the UKSC shared some very instructive observations in this regard.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	205-210
Journal	Law Quarterly Review
Volume	138
Issue number	April
Publication status	Published - 2 Mar 2022

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Centre for Global Law and Innovation
Centre for Private and Commercial law

Keywords

Breach of statutory duty
Compensation
Damage
Data collection
Representative actions
Search engines
Service out of jurisdiction

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Mass Compensation Claims for Illegal Online Tracking

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