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When cyberattacks hit businesses and other organisations, it is often the impact on customers that is considered, given that the exposure of their information can cause serious implications, both for them and for the reputation of the hacked organisation. Yet cyberattacks affecting employees can be equally severe, as their employers often hold extensive personal information about them.
As an employee, a data breach by your employer can put you in an uncomfortable position, leaving you unsure about what action you can take. It may feel difficult to hold your employer accountable for a cybersecurity incident but, if your data has been compromised by their actions or inaction, you may be able to make a data breach compensation claim.
At Your Lawyers – The Data Leak Lawyers – we have been representing claimants for matters relating to data privacy since 2014, honing our expertise in this still-developing area of law. We strongly believe that anyone who has been affected by a data breach should be able to access legal representation. If your privacy has been compromised by a data controller, contact us to receive free, no-obligation advice about your potential claim.
The medical profession is built on the principle of doctor-patient confidentiality, in which patients trust when disclosing highly sensitive information to healthcare professionals. In particular, the relationship between a patient and their GP involves a great degree of trust, as patients often visit the same GP for years. It can, therefore, be extremely distressing to suffer a breach of confidential information at a GP surgery.
Healthcare data breaches can arise in a number of different ways, whether due to the carelessness of individual employees, or the failed security of data storage systems. Unfortunately, the continued occurrence of data breaches in the healthcare sector risks breaking down the relationships between healthcare professionals and patients.
If you have had your confidential medical information exposed or compromised by your GP surgery, you could be entitled to claim compensation. The GDPR can allow victims whose rights have been violated to launch data breach claims. To receive free legal advice about your potential eligibility, contact our expert lawyers.
The importance of respecting data security in an organisation cannot be understated, and this is a matter that all employees within any setting should be fully aware of.
When it comes to what happens if something goes wrong, victims should know that they can use the GDPR to recover compensation for any distress and losses that have been caused. If you need help, you can speak to our legal team for free, no-obligation legal advice here now.
The risks of emailing data that leads to breaches, leaks and hacks can be considerable. Victims can be eligible to pursue compensation on a No Win, No Fee basis using the GDPR.
Read on for some advice about the issues that are being faced and the risks involved. For help and advice, please do not hesitate to contact our leading team here now.
You could be entitled to claim privacy compensation for a security breach. Our leading team of expert lawyers may be able to represent you for a case on a No Win, No Fee basis.
Read on for some advice and insight. To speak to our team for free, no-obligation legal advice, please contact us here now.
As consumers, our personal data is a valuable commodity, both to businesses and to criminals. Companies can obtain our personal information via legitimate methods, whereas cybercriminals are constantly looking for opportunities to steal information. One key means of sourcing personal data is to take advantage of details leaked in a data breach.
Whether through a targeted cyberattack or internal cybersecurity errors, the personal data held by companies can be leaked to unauthorised third parties. Given the value of private information, cybercriminals can deliberately seek to profit from vulnerabilities in companies’ systems, proceeding to then use the stolen information for their own gain.
Due to the threat of cybercrime, and their legal obligations, data controllers have a responsibility to protect the information they hold about consumers and employees. If they fail to have enough security measures in place, if information is compromised as a result, they could be liable for a breach of data protection law.
There has been a serious Liverpool NHS staff data leak that reportedly affected some 14,000 staff when particularly personal employee information was accidentally shared by email.
Your Lawyers, as Leading Data Leak Lawyers, representing thousands of people in individual and group and multi-party action claims in England and Wales, are used to seeing these kinds of incidents take place. Such simple errors can lead to significant breaches of the GDPR, and they can affect a large number of people, which appears to have been the case in this particular incident.
Anyone affected by a data breach could be eligible to claim compensation on a No Win, No Fee basis, and you can speak to our team for free, no-obligation legal advice here now.
You could be entitled to bring police data breach legal action if you have suffered distress as a result of your information being misused or exposed in these kinds of circumstances.
The team here at Your Lawyers, as Leading Data Leak experts, are used to representing people for police data breach compensation claims, and we may be able to help you pursue a case on a No Win, No Fee basis. For a free, no-obligation chat about what has happened and how we may be able to help you, please do not hesitate to contact us here now.
You could be entitled to claim privacy compensation when medical records are involved in a breach, leak or a hack, and we may be able to represent you for a legal case on a No Win, No Fee basis.
When it comes to this kind of case, you need leading privacy experts on your side, given the nature of the impact on the victim when such information is misused or exposed. You can contact our team for free, no-obligation legal advice here now.
Data breaches that arise from compromised company email addresses could allow a victim whose information has been misused or exposed to recover compensation.
Your Lawyers, as Leading Data Leak Lawyers, has been involved in helping people in such circumstances, and we may be able to represent you for a case on a No Win, No Fee basis. The best place to start is to speak to our team for free, no-obligation legal help here now.
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