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.