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Category: Group Action

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April 19, 2019

Advice for victims of the Starwood data breach

If you’ve yet to see if you’re eligible to join the Starwood data breach compensation action, here’s some vital advice for you.

We’re a specialist law firm who have been representing people for data breach compensation claims for years. Thousands of asked us for help, and as well as all the individual cases we’re helping people with, we’re fighting for justice in over 25 different data breach group actions.

The Marriott data breach action – also known as the Starwood data breach action – is one of the many actions we’re involved in. If you were affected by this breach, but you’ve yet to look into your options for making a legal case, here’s some advice for you.

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April 02, 2019

Claim Equifax data breach compensation in the UK

You may be eligible to claim Equifax data breach compensation in the UK if you were affected by the massive 2017 cyber incident.

We’re acting for a large group of victims who have joined the Equifax compensation action we launched shortly after news of the incident hit the media. We’re fast approaching the two-year anniversary of the incident, so our legal cases are well underway. There’s still time to join the action if you’ve yet to do so already, but we recommend that you contact us as soon as you can. You don’t want to miss out on any deadlines that may occur in the case.

You also don’t want to miss out when we hit the negotiations stage either.

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March 20, 2019

Don’t miss the boat in the Equifax class action

We’re coming up to the two-year anniversary of what was one of the world’s biggest breaches, so we’re making sure to remind you not to miss the boat in the Equifax class action.

We launched legal action in the UK soon after news of the massive Equifax data breach hit the headlines. We’re now acting for a large group of people affected in the UK, as one of the over 20 different data breach group actions / multi party actions our lawyers are working on.

Unlike what some firms may do when they’re not experienced in the kinds of areas like we are, we’re activity taking cases forward on a No Win, No Fee basis. We’re not just registering information with a view to trying to taking further action later.

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March 18, 2019

Will we see a Marriott GDPR fine?

We may see a Marriott GDPR fine applied after the monumental breach that was discovered last year, given the volume of people affected and the nature of the breach.

As many as 500 million people were affected, with data said to have been compromised between 2014 and 2018. An unauthorised third-party is said to have accessed the guest reservation table fore the Startword division of the company. Data exposed in the breach included a lot of personal and account data.

The breach lapses over GDPR coming into force in May 2018. That means that the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) could issue a fine that equates to 4% of the Marriott’s global annual turnover.

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March 14, 2019

Dangers of the Quora data breach

The dangers of the Quora data breach cannot be understated, especially when the incident reportedly affected up to 100m users!

Just yesterday we wrote about the issue of reusing passwords and user credentials across multiple sites. Doing so can put you at far greater risks than you may even realise. One of the key things it means is that your credentials breached in an attack could be used to break into other platforms you use. Facebook is a prime example with billions of users and a feature that lets you log into other platforms using your Facebook credentials.

On that basis, the dangers of an incident like this Quora one simply cannot be understated.

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March 08, 2019

Latest in the Marriott data leak

We can help you make a claim for compensation as a victim of the massive Marriott data leak. Here’s a little about the latest since news broke of the incident.

OK, so we have some 500 million customers across the world who are potentially affected by the leak. The leak stems from a breach of their Starwood reservation systems since 2014 and has resulted in a wealth of data being exposed. As well as personal information, account details and bank card information has also been exposed.

Marriott has taken a number of steps in the aftermath of the breach, and legal actions have been initiated.

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February 22, 2019

Equifax lawsuit in the UK

If you’ve yet to join the Equifax lawsuit in the UK that we’re pursuing on behalf of a number of victims, there’s still time to claim.

We started our action for justice against Equifax back in 2017 when news of the massive breach hit the headlines. Since then, we’ve been taking cases forward on a No Win, No Fee basis.

We’re keeping our clients duly updated. Although we can’t go into too much detail about where we’re at with the action for non-clients, we can tell you about a few developments in the fight for justice here and across the world.

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February 12, 2019

Well Pharmacy data breach compensation action

Want to know more about claiming Well Pharmacy data breach compensation if you were affected by the recent incident? Here’s some advice on your rights, and how we can help you.

We’ve launched legal action for victims of the recent Well Pharmacy data breach. We’re taking cases forward on a No Win, No Fee basis for those who match our eligibility criteria. We appreciate that the nature of the information exposed in this breach is quite sensitive. Victims can be entitled to claim data breach compensation because the law is on your side.

Starting your claim for Well Pharmacy data breach compensation is easy. You can join the action we’ve initiated quickly, easily and confidentially.

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British Airways data breach
February 08, 2019

The British Airways data breach and what to do

Need to know more about the huge British Airways data breach and what to do if you were affected? We can help you.

The British Airways data breach led to the information for 380,000 payment cards being compromised. The exposed data included full card numbers, expiry dates and security codes (CVV) on the reverse of cards, as well as the personal information for the cardholder.

Victims of the breach have been put at an immediate risk of theft and fraud, and it’s possible that the hackers have already sold the payment card information that was stolen. Follow this guidance for what to do if you are affected by the breach. You may be eligible to join our compensation group.

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Vision Direct
February 05, 2019

Vision Direct data breach claim

Find out today if you’re eligible to make a Vision Direct data breach claim on a No Win, No Fee basis as part of our compensation action.

Our legal action for compensation has already begun, and if you’ve yet to sign-up for a claim, please get in touch with our team for help.

The online retailer suffered a huge data breach in November 2018 that affected over 16,000 of their customers. Personal and financial information was exposed in the breach, meaning victims can be vulnerable to financial fraud.

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