Arden University Data Breach Compensation Action

We have agreed to take cases forward for a number of individuals who have approached us having been notified that they have been affected by the Arden University data breach.

Your Lawyers, as Leading Data Leak Lawyers representing thousands of people engaged in over 50 group and multi-party actions, often receive contact quickly after the notification of a breach has occurred. As we are open late in the evenings and over the weekends, we have been able to take a number of cases forward on a No Win, No Fee basis for those who have asked for our help.

If you have also received the important security notice from Arden University confirming that you are affected, please do not hesitate to contact us for free, no-obligation legal advice here now.

Your Lawyers agree to take No Win, No Fee action

Since Friday afternoon, our legal team has been inundated with people asking for help who have received confirmation that they have been affected by the Arden University data breach. Having assessed the situation and received copies of the notifications that are being sent out, we have agreed to take action forward for those who we represent on a No Win, No Fee basis.

The GDPR can entitle the victim of a data breach to claim compensation for any distress that has been caused by the loss of control of their personal information. Whilst it appears that no financial information is thought to have been affected by this security breach, the distress that can be caused by the loss of control alone can be enough to make a claim.

About the Arden University data breach

According to information we have received from the clients that we are representing, the Arden University data breach may possibly involve the details for some 44,000 historical and current university student records. It is understood that the university became aware on the 9th August 2022 that an individual using a student account had possibly managed to obtain details which could include the following:

• name
• student number
• address
• email address
• telephone number
• date of birth
• ethnicity
• disability category
• gender

The latter three is information that can be classed as “special category” data in accordance with the GDPR, which means that it can be afforded extra protection. For this information to have been potentially exposed is incredibly concerning given that people are entitled to control over this kind of personal and sensitive data.

As is common in data breach notifications such as this, Arden University has made sure to confirm that no financial information appears to have been affected by the data breach. They have also said that they do not believe that their systems have been compromised and that this is not a case of a cyberattack. The important security notice lists this matter as a human error event.

Free, no-obligation legal advice

If you have received confirmation that you are affected by the Arden University data breach, you could be entitled to claim compensation now on a No Win, No Fee basis.

Given that the nature of the information affected in this breach is particularly personal and sensitive in some cases, data breach amounts and pay-outs could be significant for those who have suffered serious distress. The GDPR can allow you to claim compensation and we may be able to help you now.

Please do not hesitate to speak to our team here now for free, no-obligation legal advice. We are here to help

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