The Courts Service v. DPC (Notice Party: PM) - 6 February 2020

• Judgment Date: 06 February 2020
• Case Outcome: By decision dated 13 June 2018, made under the Data Protection Acts, 1988 & 2003 (“the DP Acts”), the Data Protection Commissioner held that, by publishing a judgment identifying the Notice Party by name, in circumstances where the High Court had earlier directed that the Notice Party’s name should not be published, the Courts Service (1) failed to discharge its obligation to take appropriate security measures against unauthorised disclosure of the Notice Party’s personal data, contrary to Section 2(1)(d) of the DP Acts; (2) processed the Notice Party’s personal data (and sensitive personal data) without a lawful basis under Sections 2A and 2B of the DP Acts.
• Issuer: Circuit Court
• Judgement Number: 2018/4097
• Year: 2020
• Status: The Judgment and Order of the Circuit Court is the subject of an appeal to the High Court on certain points of law, brought by The Courts Service.