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Carphone Warehouse faces UK group action for data breach, pending Google case outcome

By Vesela Gladicheva ( July 21, 2021, 16:47 GMT | Insight) -- UK mobile retailer The Carphone Warehouse is facing a group damages suit in the UK in relation to a massive data breach in 2015, in which the personal information of 3 million customers and 1,000 employees was compromised. Bringing the case as a representative action, lawyers for the claimants told MLex the action will await an upcoming ruling in a mass lawsuit against Google over iPhone data harvesting.UK mobile retailer The Carphone Warehouse is facing a group damages suit in the UK in relation to a massive data breach in 2015, in which the personal information of 3 million customers and 1,000 employees was compromised....

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