Businesses learn price to pay for prying eyes

Two significant cases in recent months have put companies on alert about the potential hits they face from excessively intruding into people’s past or their private lives.

Of particular interest to many aggrieved individuals will be the circuit court decision in March which, for the first time, awarded €15,000 to a man whose data protection rights were breached.

Michael Collins, of Mellowes Park, Finglas, had asked the court to assess his case with his insurance company, FBD.