Bloomberg has lost an appeal in the UK Supreme Court in a landmark privacy case over the media company’s reporting of a high-profile financial investigation. Five judges on Wednesday dismissed the appeal brought by Bloomberg over the publication of information about a U.S. citizen under investigation by a UK legal enforcement body prior to charge. A previous…
Google Wins UK Supreme Court Appeal to Block £3 Billion Data Action
A £3 billion ($4 billion) legal action against Google over claims it secretly tracked millions of iPhone users’ internet activity has been blocked by the UK Supreme Court. Former Which? director Richard Lloyd, supported by the campaign group Google You Owe Us, wanted to bring a “representative action” against the U.S.-based tech giant on behalf…
ISIS Bride Shamima Begum Not Allowed to Return to UK: Top Court
The UK Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Shamima Begum, who left the UK for Syria to join the ISIS terrorist group as a teenager, is not allowed to return and fight her citizenship case because she poses a security risk. Begum, who has dual British-Bangladeshi citizenship, travelled to Syria at the age of 15,…
Uber Drivers Are Workers, UK Top Court Rules
Britain’s Supreme Court on Friday unanimously ruled that Uber drivers are workers rather than self-employed, in a landmark ruling that may have implications for the rest of the gig economy. Uber drivers are currently treated as self-employed, meaning that by law they are only afforded minimal protections, a status the Silicon Valley-based company sought to…
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