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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.
As a Steering Committee law firm, we’ve made the process for starting your BA data breach case quick and easy.
If you’ve yet to join the BA Group Action, here’s a little guide about whether you can join, what the risks are, and what you need to do. We’ll also touch on our important role in the litigation and give you a little insight as data breach compensation experts about how we work as well.
This is set to be the biggest data breach compensation action there has ever been. If you were affected by the 2018 cyber-attack incidents, you don’t want to miss out.
Last month, the Tesco parking app data leak was discovered by The Register, and it involved the exposure of tens of millions of number plate images.
It was one of those cases of information that had been accidentally left exposed, and was accessible to anyone who came across it. It was also a clear example of one of the issues we’ve been talking about lately, which is the weaknesses that come with outsourcing information services.
Your defence is only as good as your weakest link, and when there are more links in the chain that arise from outsourcing, data controllers need to be vigilant.
People asking whether they should be worried about a data breach is somewhat of a common question in today’s age of almost continual leaks and hacks.
In some ways, our society has become a bit numb to news of yet another breach hitting the headlines given how common they are. Whilst we don’t want to panic people, it’s important for us to shed some light on the dark side of the internet and explain why people should be worried when they fall victim to a data breach incident.
It’s also important to know what rights you have when it comes to compensation. When you understand about what can happen to your valuable information, it can be distressing.
An accountant data breach could lead to a significant amount of personal and sensitive information being misused or exposed, which is why the rights of victims to claim compensation is important.
Accountants and accountancy firms are in that category of companies responsible for processing and storing a great deal of sensitive information. The most obvious type of course is financial information, both on a personal level and on a company level.
Accountants are a target given the wealth and the nature of data they hold, so it’s important that they ensure they’re properly defended. Where a breach occurs, victims can be entitled to make a claim for data breach compensation.
It probably sounds rather obvious that NHS cybersecurity can be a matter for life and death, but when it comes to data breach compensation claims, medical incidents are still one of the most common.
You would therefore think that it should be an absolute priority, but as more and more of the healthcare system becomes digitalised, there can be more doorways for hackers to get in. At the same time, the healthcare sector is an obvious target given the wealth of personal and sensitive information that’s stored and processed within it.
Victims of a healthcare cybersecurity incident can be entitled to make a claim for medical data breach compensation. But we cannot ignore the fact that such incidents can mean physical harm to patients as well, and then it’s more than a case for the distress caused by the loss of control of private information.
This month, the official British Airways data breach group action was given the go ahead by Mr Justice Warby, and we were appointed to the Steering Committee that’s conducting the litigation.
As a result of this key development in the action that we’ve been at the heart of since news of the cyberattacks broke last year, several firms have begun advertising for claims. Understandably, this can cause a great deal of confusion for those who have yet to sign-up to join the BA Group Action, and we thought it best to provide people with some vital information.
So, if you’ve yet to start your case, here’s what you need to know.
Cyber hack compensation claims are one of the more common types of cases that we represent people for, particularly when it comes to group and multi-party actions.
You can be entitled to claim damages for any distress, suffering, loss of amenity, and for any financial losses as well. Importantly, you don’t have to have suffered an actual financial loss to be able to claim. The mere fact that your information has been hacked can be enough for you to claim for the distress element alone.
Our lawyers are fighting for justice in dozens of different group cases, and many of them have stemmed from cyberattacks.
As more and more people are aware of their rights when it comes to data protection and privacy claims, we thought we’d give you a little expert overview as a pioneering firm in this area of law.
There are many ways that you may be able to make a data breach compensation claim, and there can be varying degrees of how people might suffer. It isn’t just about recovering financial losses from fraud and cyberattacks; it’s also about claiming for the distress caused through the loss of control, or misuse, of private information.
With thousands of data breach victims asking us for help over the years we’ve been fighting for justice, here’s a little insight for you.
This month’s news about the Bolton school data loss incident is incredibly worrying to hear about, especially given how vulnerable data in the wrong hands can be.
Although the document containing the pupils’ data has been reported as missing, and it may be the case that it has been lost forever or disposed of, there remains the risk that it could fall – or already has fallen – into the wrong hands.
As expert data leak lawyers, we’ve helped a lot of people with school data breach compensation claims over the years we’ve been fighting for justice. When it comes to vulnerable persons like children, any data incident can lead to significant distress suffered by the victims and their families.
When it comes to compensation claims for sensitive hospital data breach incidents, it’s important to talk to the right people, and get the best legal representation you can.
And there are more than a few good reasons as to why you can trust us as a pioneering data breach law firm to help you.
Data breach compensation pay-outs for hospital data incidents can be typically high because of the level of distress that victims can suffer. There may also be a battle in terms of trying to convince the organisation at fault to compensate you. Read on for some guidance and reassurance.
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