South City College Birmingham cyberattack compensation

We are pursuing legal action arising from the South City College Birmingham cyberattack on a No Win, No Fee basis, regarding the incident that occurred in 2021.

If you were affected by this data breach, please do not hesitate to contact our team here now for free, no-obligation legal advice about your options for justice.

About the South City College Birmingham data breach

The South City College Birmingham data breach stemmed from a cyberattack that occurred in March 2021. The internal systems of the college are understood to have been subject to a cyberattack, which resulted in a significant amount of private and personal information being left vulnerable, which included:

• Names
• Home Addresses
• Email Addresses
• Telephone Numbers
• Date of Birth
• Ethnicity data
• Information relating to studies
• Nationality information
• Residency details

It has been acknowledged that some information was accessed, and there was a significant period of downtime for a week when students were unable to attend the college in the aftermath of the malware attack. It is understood that the hackers demanded a ransom in order to return access to information, which is typical of a ransomware event.

Your Lawyers – pursuing legal action

Your Lawyers – the Data Leak Lawyers – have been pursuing compensation arising from the South City College Birmingham cyberattack since news of its occurrence in 2021. Whilst investigations are still underway, we are taking legal action on a No Win, No Fee basis, as we believe that there may be a claim to answer.

Ultimately, pursuing a claim for this kind of case successfully comes down to the simple question as to whether more could – and should – have been done by South City College Birmingham to have prevented the cyberattack from taking place. If the cause of a data breach is linked to inadequate cybersecurity, our argument is that this can be a breach of the GDPR. Similarly, if a weakness occurs due to some form of human error, again, we would consider this could be a breach of the GDPR.

A breach of the GDPR could amount to negligence. Where there has been negligence, that is when a victim of a breach could be entitled to pursue damages. A data breach compensation claim can allow the victim to recover compensation for any distress that has been caused by the loss of control of their personal information.

Given the nature of the data involved in this breach being particularly personal and sensitive, some of which can be classified as “special category” data in accordance with the GDPR, the distress that can be suffered could be significant. This is reflected in any data breach compensation amounts and pay-outs that we are able to recover for our clients.

Victims of the South City College Birmingham data breach can be entitled to free, no-obligation legal advice with our expert team here now.

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