When privacy causes harm to your career: over £30,000 settlement

We are pleased that we have been able to recover in excess of £30,000 in compensation for a serious data breach incident. The crux of this case involved the potential harm to your career that could be caused by a privacy incident.

About this case: over £30,000 in damages recovered

We previously recovered in excess of £30,000 in damages for a client who we represented in a serious privacy matter that resulted in a substantial impact. When it comes to how we approach assessing a claim, there are several things that we consider. One such consideration is any harm to your career.

For example, if an information exposure event has caused some form of harm to your career, which could mean that your prospects in your particular industry are now reduced, or that you are forced to seek alternative employment, this can be taken into account. The reason why we reference this is because this was a pivotal part of this particular case in question.

Unfortunately for our client, sensitive information was shared about them that, ultimately, caused substantial harm to their career in their industry, and even their ability to continue in the particular field that they were in. Whilst we cannot go into the more intricate details about the case, the crux of it, as we have mentioned above, is about how the incident caused harm to their employment situation.

We represented our client and we were incredibly pleased to have been able to succeed in achieving a substantial settlement in excess of £30,000 in compensation for their situation. This kind of settlement serves to show that real justice can be achieved when you pursue a case for a privacy incident with our leading team.

Assessing any harm to your career caused by a breach

As referenced above, it is important to assess any harm to your career that could be caused by a privacy incident. Whilst the area of law for pursuing compensation for data breaches remains in its infancy, there can be a lack of knowledge and understanding about what it is that people are actually doing. In many cases, it is about pursuing damages for any distress that has been caused by the loss of control of personal information. Distress can be significant when privacy incidents lead to a situation in which a person’s ability to work in the field or in their current role is harmed.

The importance of a leading team of experts

It is important for any privacy victim to ensure that they retain expert privacy compensation solicitors when information has been misused or exposed. Our team here at Your Lawyers has been fighting for the rights of people affected by privacy incidents for almost a decade, and we represent thousands of people engaged in individual and multi-party and group action litigations.

We have a growing team of people who can engage in interesting, modern civil litigation work in a field that will continue to be pivotal in the coming years. We know that much of society continues to become more and more digitised, and we do not see this slowing down. This means that the importance of privacy and upholding the rights of those who have been wronged is important.

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