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Telecom execs' search orders accounted for privacy concerns, Phones4U administrators tell UK judges

By Simon Zekaria
  • 20 Jan 2021 11:53
  • 20 Jan 2021 11:53

Phones4U administrators told the UK’s appeal court today that a High Court judge factored in privacy concerns when he ruled that telecom executives’ personal electronic devices could be made available to data-searchers as part of a disclosure exercise for the shuttered retailer’s antitrust damages claim.

At the Court of Appeal, Kenneth

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Simon Zekaria

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Simon Zekaria is a senior correspondent in London, covering UK regulation. Prior to joining MLex, Simon reported on business news for The Wall Street Journal, including on telecommunications, media, technology and consumer affairs. Simon was also a writer for the WSJ on diverse subjects such as Brexit, UK politics and global sport. Simon was previously a correspondent on competition issues and European politics for Thomson Reuters and Agence France-Presse in Brussels. Simon is a graduate of Edinburgh University, with Masters degrees in literature and law. A French speaker, he has studied at the Sorbonne University, Paris.

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