Data breaches, vicarious liability of employers and the impact on the insurance industry

In the recent judgment in the Morrisons case concerning the vicariously liability of employers for the actions of employees involved in breaches of data, there is much significance for the wider insurance industry – both for the insurer and the insured.

In this article, Ian Whitehurst discusses the likely effect this will have on employers’ internal procedures as well as on their data protection and security measures.

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