Litigation Financing

Early in 2020 there has been a serious data leak at the car rental company Buchbinder according to media reports in the computer magazine c’t and the weekly newspaper Zeit. Personal data of three million clients have been leaked and are accessible (unencrypted) for anyone on the internet. According to the media all Buchbinder clients (car renters and drivers) from...

The first claims for damages against Ledger SAS have been filled in Germany. These damages relate to breaches of data protection law. Ledger SAS is one of the world´s best-known manufacturers of hardware wallets. Ledger SAS had a major security breach in their online shop in the year 2020. The breach occured in their e-commerce and marketing database with over one million...

The Innsbruck Regional Court has issued a positive judgement in the first three cases recently. The Court has ordered HG Lab Truck to disclose wether the plaintiffs were affected by the data breach or not. The claim for damages asserted in this context due to the refusal to provide information about the data leak (which was in any case delayed) has not yet been ruled by the...