Data protection, privacy and confidential information case law tracker


Published by a ½Û×ÓÊÓƵ Information Law expert
Practice notes

Data protection, privacy and confidential information case law tracker


Published by a ½Û×ÓÊÓƵ Information Law expert

Practice notes
imgtext

This Practice Note tracks noteworthy High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court decisions related to data protection, eprivacy, misuse of private information and confidential information.

For an introduction to the data protection regimes under the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018), see: UK data protection law collection and Practice Notes: The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and The Data Protection Act 2018.

For introductions to ePrivacy, misuse of private information and confidential information, see:

  1. •

    ±ð±Ê°ù¾±±¹²¹³¦²â—o±¹±ð°ù±¹¾±±ð·É

  2. •

    Privacy and misuse of private information—overview

  3. •

    Confidential information—overview

For a freedom of information and environmental information case tracker, see: Freedom of information case tracker.

Cases

CaseCourt and key dateSummary
Illiquidx Ltd v Altana Wealth Ltd [2025] EWHC 299 (Ch)High Court 13 February 2025Confidentiality agreement (NDA)—Public domain—Regulation 3(1) of the Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc) Regulations 2018
This case involved the misuse of confidential information relating to investment opportunities in distressed Venezuelan sovereign debt.
Powered by Lexis+®
Jurisdiction(s):
United Kingdom
Related legal acts:
Key definition:
Data protection definition
What does Data protection mean?

In an employment context, this refers to the obligation on an employer to protect the data of its employees and ensure that it complies with the law on how it uses the employees' data.

Read more readmore

Popular documents

Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companies

Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a

If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the

If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some

Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of case

Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application

Contributory negligence in personal injury claims

Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences may also be relevant. See Practice Notes: Did the claimant consent to the risk of injury? and Was the claimant involved in an illegal activity?If a