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We focus on the latest news surrounding data breaches, leaks and hacks plus daily internet security articles.
We focus on the latest news surrounding data breaches, leaks and hacks plus daily internet security articles.
A Waltham Forest Council data breach incident that stemmed from a “printing error” shows just how easy it is for personal information to be exposed.
We say this a lot, but a huge majority of the cases we take forward are for council data breach compensation claims. They can be incredibly common, and when you account for the vast wealth of personal and sensitive information that local authorities hold, leaks and breaches can be severe.
In this incident, it’s understood that a simple “printing error” was to blame for the leak of personal information to potentially thousands of people.
Here’s a really quick guide about claiming compensation for a data breach in England and Wales, and how you can make use of our No Win, No Fee service.
Although claiming compensation for a data breach is a relatively new area of law, there have been a significant number of actions and individual cases we’ve taken forward. We’ve been fighting for the rights of victims of leaks, breaches and hacks for years, and thousands of people have come to us for our expert advice.
We’re fighting for justice in over 25 different group and multi-party actions, with our first one launched way back in 2015. Here’s a little information about how we may be able to help you.
You may be eligible to make a claim for data breach compensation if you’ve been the victim of an incident involving HM Revenue and Customs.
Central and local government data breach incidents are one of the most common types we deal with here at the Data Leak Lawyers. Whether it’s funding restraints or the wealth of personal and sensitive data they hold being difficult to handle, a lot of the individual cases we take forward fall within this category.
With this in mind, here’s a little information about your rights when it comes to a HM Revenue and Customs data breach claim.
You can be eligible to claim fraud compensation where the crime has arisen from a data breach, data leak or a hack.
It only takes a little bit of personal information for criminals to commit fraud or identity theft. Where payment card data has been exposed, the risks can be even higher, and victims can be at an imminent threat of losing money.
Ultimately, if the fraud has arisen because your personal information has been exposed or misused by an organisation, you may be able to bring a claim for compensation against them.
If you’ve suffered as a victim of a university data breach, you may be entitled to make a claim for compensation with our expert team of lawyers.
We can represent victims of single incident data breaches and groups who have been affected by an incident. One of the over 25 different data breach group / multi-party actions we’re fighting for justice in is the University of Greenwich data breach incident.
We can also offer No Win, No Fee representation for people who claim with us. With universities often holding a lot of personal and sensitive data about people, it’s important to know your rights when your information has been misused or exposed.
Telford & Wrekin Council data breaches have hit the news again, after reports of three investigations into them last year by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
We wrote about one of them last year, which was a preventable incident where a member of staff had accidentally sent the wrong information to the wrong person. Two of the three investigated by the ICO were reportedly human error data breaches, with no further action taken against them. Human error incidents can be incredibly common in local authority data breach cases.
As lawyers, it’s important to address council data breaches, because they account for a significant proportion of the individual claims we take forward.
If you’ve fallen victim to TalkTalk fraudsters and you need advice about claiming data breach compensation, we can help, and you may be eligible to join our action.
After the huge 2015 TalkTalk data breach, a number of customers – including ones we’ve helped – reported being contacted by fraudsters who were posing as TalkTalk. People we spoke to told us that the fraudsters knew things like their personal information, TalkTalk account details, and even information about complaints on their files. That’s how they convinced them they were the real deal.
As such, it’s believed that the fraudsters may have gained this information from the TalkTalk cyber-attack. Although the company has previously denied this is the case, we can only look at the evidence in front of us. And that’s why we have been taking compensation claims forward on a No Win, No Fee basis.
If your private and sensitive medical records have been exposed, our lawyers can help you get the justice you deserve – and we can help you on a No Win, No Fee basis.
Medical records data breach compensation claims are one of the most common types of cases we take forward. Healthcare data breaches cases are high in terms of volumes, and the impact can be enormous. When it comes to the loss of control of personal information, medical data is usually the most serious.
Over the years we’ve been fighting for justice for data breach victims, thousands of people have come to us for help. Many of the individual cases we take forward are medical data claims, and some of the most severe group / multi-party actions we run stem from infamous healthcare sector incidents.
We can help you.
You may be entitled to make a claim for compensation as a victim of a hotel data breach, and we may be able to represent you on a No Win, No Fee basis.
For a long time now, hotel chains have been targets for cyber criminals. A wealth of personal and sensitive data is collected and used by hotels for guests, and payment information collected at the point-of-sale can also be a target.
There have been a few famous examples of hotel data breach incidents, including the Marriott incident and numerous point-of-sale attacks. As a victim of such a breach, you may have the right to make a legal case for compensation.
NHS data compensation claims could be set to keep rising as news of substandard systems hit the media headlines this month.
We can tell you from experience that a large proportion of the people we help for individual and group action / multi-party cases are for NHS data breach compensation claims. Worryingly, recent investigation results led to MPs reportedly branding some NHS systems as ‘unfit for purpose’, with other systems branded as ‘hopeless’, which doesn’t fill patients with confidence at all.
Part of the problem is understood to be the variety of systems used, and the age of some of the IT the NHS are relying upon.
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