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THE HON. MRS JUSTICE HEATHER WILLIAMS DBE
THE HON. MRS JUSTICE HEATHER WILLIAMS DBE
UPPER TRIBUNAL JUDGE WRIGHT
UPPER TRIBUNAL JUDGE STOUT
Decision date: 23 September 2024
ON APPEAL FROM:
Tribunal: First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber)
Tribunal Case No: EA/2020/0048
Tribunal Venue: Field House, London
Hearing Dates: 15-23 November 2021
Decision date: 5 July 2022
IN THE UPPER TRIBUNAL UA-2022-001380-GIA
ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS CHAMBER NCN [2024] UKUT 287 (AAC)
On appeal from the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber)
Between:
DSG Retail Limited
Appellant
– v –
The Information Commissioner
Respondent
Before: The Hon. Mrs Justice Heather Williams DBE
Upper Tribunal Judge Wright
Upper Tribunal Judge Stout
- Heading
- THE HON. MRS JUSTICE HEATHER WILLIAMS DBE
- Decision date: 23 September 2024
- A summary of the relevant background
- The ICO’s MPN
- The FTT’s decision
- Personal data
- The contravention of DPP7
- Seriousness of the contravention
- Substantial damage and distress and knowledge
- The substituted MPN
- The issues on this appeal
- The grant of permission to appeal
- The legal framework
- Scope of grants of permission
- Relevant provisions of the DPA 1998
- Relevant case law and guidance on the meaning of “personal data”
- Security of processing
- Relevant principle of judicial decision-making
- Issue 1: the EMV Data Issue: the parties’ submissions
- The respondent’s submissions
- Issue 1: the EMV Data Issue: discussion and conclusions
- The statutory provisions
- The case law
- The FTT’s reasoning and the FTT’s error
- Issue 2: the Consistency Issue: the parties’ submissions
- The respondent’s submissions
- Issue 2: the Consistency Issue: discussion and conclusions
- Scope of the grant of permission
- The FTT’s errors
- Issue 3: the Procedural Fairness Issue
- Issue 4: the Implications Issue: the parties’ submissions
- The respondent’s submissions
- Issue 4: the Implications Issue: discussion and conclusions
- Issue 5: the Seriousness Issue: the parties’ submissions
- The respondent’s submissions
- Issue 5: the Seriousness Issue: discussion and conclusions
- Conclusions