Claim for damages for misuse of confidential information and under data protection rules
A claimant (C) owed school fees and the school instructed the defendant (D) to write demanding payment. D sent the demand by email but erroneously typed the incorrect email address. The recipient replied promptly and D promptly requested deletion of the email, which the recipient confirmed. The email contained C’s name and home address only and the invoice for the fees (the school’s fees were publicly available), and a statement of account for the past five years. On the issu