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council email data leaks
April 06, 2020

Watford Community Housing data leak compensation action

A large number of victims of the recent Watford Community Housing data leak have come forward and asked for our help as part of our growing compensation action.

We’ve taken several cases forward on a No Win, No Fee basis. We consider that this incident is a clear breach of the GDPR, and victims can be entitled to make a claim for data breach compensation.

If you’ve yet to start a case, here’s some information about the data breach and how we can help you now.

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medical records accessed
April 03, 2020

Compensation if your medical records were exposed

You can be entitled to make a claim for data breach compensation if your medical records were exposed, and we may be able to represent you for a case on a No Win, No Fee basis.

With medical data being one of the most personal and sensitive types of information that there is, any misuse or exposure of medical information can have a serious impact on the victim. A large number of the cases that we take forward for individual claims involve healthcare data breaches, and some of the actions we’re also involved with are too.

We understand the impact that this type of breach can have on a victim as a leading law firm that has been at the forefront of data breach claims for years. Here’s how we can help you.

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bank data breach claim
April 01, 2020

How much can you claim in compensation for a GDPR breach?

Many people want to know how much they could be entitled to receive in compensation for a GDPR breach. Here’s an insight for you based on our extensive experience.

As a leading firm of data breach lawyers, we’ve been helping thousands of people for data protection and privacy issues since 2014. We launched our first major action in 2015 for the 56 Dean Street Clinic leak, and our team is now involved in dozens of different actions as well as a wealth of individual cases.

What this means is that we have extensive experience in this complex and niche area of law. In fact, we’ve been specifically representing data breach victims for a lot longer than most other law firms. Having settled a wide range of cases for several years, here’s how we approach valuing a GDPR compensation case.

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March 31, 2020

Watford Community Housing data breach advice

The Watford Community Housing data breach is a particularly sensitive incident, and victims can be entitled to make a claim for compensation with us on a No Win, No fee basis.

According to the WCH website, an email was sent on the 23rd March 2020 that contained the personal details for several of its customers. They say that this was a “human error” incident and that the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been informed about the incident, as well as reporting the matter to their regulator.

Here’s how we can help you and what you need to do as a victim of the breach to get the right legal advice and help that you need. As a leading firm of data breach law specialists, we’re here for you.

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compensation for e-skimming fraud
March 24, 2020

Virgin Media data breach: am I affected?

Am I affected by the Virgin Media data breach? With the information for a monumental 900,000 customers exposed, this is a popular question right now.

Any data breach can be daunting, but when news of a new leak or hack hits the headlines and it’s a company you do business with, it’s worrying. Key data protection legislation puts an important duty on organisations to inform victims of a breach, and victims should be informed as soon as possible, and within the legal time frame for doing so.

For those who are affected by this cybersecurity incident, we’ve launched a compensation action for victims. If you’re affected, we can help you.

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data breach lawyers
March 23, 2020

What is data breach distress compensation?

The concept of data breach distress compensation is a relatively new area of law, and one that we’ve been at the forefront of for several years; but what is it, and what do we do?

As the world becomes increasingly more digitalised, the likelihood that data is misused, leaked or hacked is more common. We no longer have to just lock up our doors at night; we also need to make sure that our electronic doors are safe and secure. With more information accessible and stored digitally, it’s more susceptible to being breached.

The result is that data breach incidents have grown astronomically in recent years. As a result, people are suffering; and that’s where we can help.

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expert advice on data leak law
March 16, 2020

Claiming compensation for a personal data breach

Victims of a personal data breach can be entitled to make a claim for compensation, and we can represent clients on a No Win, No Fee basis.

As a leading, expert firm of lawyers that specialises in the complex and niche areas of data protection law and consumer actions, we’ve represented thousands of people for a wide range of cases. Whether it’s individual council data breach compensation claims, or worldwide group actions like the Equifax hack of 2017, we’re committed to making sure that people have their say.

You don’t have to suffer in silence when your personal data has been misused, exposed or your privacy rights have been otherwise breached. You’re not alone, and we’re here to help.

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data breach lawyers
March 13, 2020

Virgin Media data breach compensation action: how to sign-up

We’ve made the process for victims to sign-up for the Virgin Media data breach compensation action nice and easy, so here’s a handy guide for what you need to do.

With around 900,000 victims in the UK, and with the data for over a thousand of them reported to be potentially linked to explicit content, this is a significant breach. Data had been left exposed for 10 months, and there has been at least one access event by an unknown third-party. We can’t know for certain what has happened to the exposed information, but the risk that it could be used for malicious purposes is very real.

Here’s how we can help you.

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distress claim
March 09, 2020

Claim GDPR compensation for distress

Victims of a data breach could be entitled to claim GDPR compensation for distress. When it comes to how much you could receive and how to claim, we’re here for you.

The law can entitle a victim of a data breach to receive compensation for any distress and loss caused. A recent court ruling has made it possible to claim for simply being the victim of a breach as well.

As a leading firm of data breach compensation experts, we offer No Win, No Fee representation for people who wish to make a claim with us. Although we have decades of experience in fighting for victims’ rights for claims in general, we’ve been specifically representing data breach clients for over five years. Our experience speaks for itself as this is a great deal longer than most other firms, which is why we’re known experts in this complex and niche area of law.

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fingerprint access
March 06, 2020

Data Leak Lawyers launch Virgin Media data breach compensation action

We’ve launched our Virgin Media data breach compensation action having been contacted for help last night and today by customers affected by the incident.

We have taken legal cases forward on a No Win, No Fee basis for several of the 900,000 victims whose personal information had been left accessible online. We’re aware that at least one third-party has accessed the data that had been left unsecure from April 2019 until 28th February 2020 before a security researcher discovered the leak. It remains to be seen if customers’ information has been accessed by anyone with a malicious agenda.

If you have been affected by the data breach, you could be eligible to claim thousands of pounds in compensation on a No Win, No Fee basis.

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