Cybersecurity
Morrisons Wins U.K. Supreme Court Ruling Over 2014 Data Breach
- Top U.K. court says supermarket can’t be held liable for leak
- Lower tribunals earlier held Morrisons ‘vicariously liable’
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The U.K.’s top court ruled that a British supermarket can’t be held responsible for a data breach by a disgruntled employee who leaked personal details of thousands of staff members online.
Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc isn’t liable for the employee’s actions, the Supreme Court said Wednesday in a unanimous ruling that allows the grocery chain’s appeal.