23.10.13

Compensation awarded for distress caused by data protection breach

Halliday v Creation Consumer Finance Ltd, Court of Appeal, 2013 EWCA Civ 333

IDS - 30 Sep 2013.

The Court of Appeal awards compensation for distress to an individual as a result of a finance company’s failure to process his data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. The Court sets compensation at £750, taking into account that there was no malicious or fraudulent intent on the company’s part and that this was a single episode.

Read more about the judgement here.