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Multibillion-pound YouTube UK data claim abandoned

By Sam Clark
  • 16 Feb 2022 08:40
  • 16 Feb 2022 08:40
A multibillion-pound data protection claim against YouTube in the UK has been dropped, MLex has learned. 
Duncan McCann, a privacy campaigner and lead claimant in the case, told MLex today that the claim won't continue. He originally filed the lawsuit in September 2020 in the High Court's Queen's Bench Division,

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Sam Clark

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Sam has covered data privacy and security in the UK and Ireland for MLex since November 2021. He previously covered data protection for trade publication Global Data Review, as well as reporting on technology, media and telecoms businesses for S&P Global. He has a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degree in journalism, both from the University of Kent.

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