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Category: Healthcare

healthcare data protection breaches
May 08, 2023

Healthcare data protection breaches

Despite the degree of trust we invest in doctors and other healthcare professionals, lapses in data protection still take place far too often within healthcare organisations. Given the sensitivity of medical information, healthcare data protection breaches can profoundly affect victims, many of whom can suffer from significant distress when they discover that their privacy has been compromised.

A number of serious data security incidents involving patient information have been reported in recent years, yet this negative coverage does not seem to have persuaded all healthcare organisations to improve their data protection strategies. Even small missteps can cause mass data exposure, which is why there is no room for error when it comes to data security.

At Your Lawyers – The Data Leak Lawyers – we specialise in data breach compensation claims. We are determined to hold organisations accountable for any failure to comply with data protection law. If you have had data compromised or exposed by a healthcare organisation, you may be entitled to claim compensation – you can contact us to receive free, no-obligation legal advice on your potential eligibility to claim here now.

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medical information breaches
May 02, 2023

Compensation for medical information breaches

You could be entitled to pursue compensation for medical information breaches on a No Win, No Fee basis with our leading team of expert privacy compensation lawyers.

Read on for a little advice. Make sure to contact our team here now for free, no-obligation legal help in respect of starting a compensation claim now.

You know you can always trust our expert legal representation, particularly in an important case of this nature. We represent thousands of people engaged in compensation cases which includes both individual and multi-party and group action legal matters.

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mental health information
April 27, 2023

£10,000 settlement for data breach involving mental health information

The leading team at Your Lawyers – the Data Leak Lawyers – was able to settle a privacy compensation matter in the sum of £10,000 that involved the disclosure of mental health information.

The disclosure arose from an entirely avoidable error that had a significant impact on our client, as we will outline below.

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on medical records
April 20, 2023

Snooping on medical records – £15,000 damages award

The expert data team here at Your Lawyers – The Data Leak Lawyers – was successful in securing a £15,000 damages pay-out that was awarded to our client who was the victim of someone snooping on medical records.

This kind of data breach is a serious and often malicious invasion of privacy that must not go unpunished. The UK’s data regulator, the ICO, can issue fines and prosecutions arising from such incidents, but it is up to us as lawyers to represent victims in civil compensation matters.

The award in this case of £15,000 in compensation for damages is a substantial one that reflects the impact that our client suffered as a result of what happened.

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context of a data
April 13, 2023

The context of a data breach: why a £20,000 settlement?

The context of a data breach is incredibly important to consider, and is why some claims can settle for much higher values than others, such as a previous one we resolved for £20,000.

Ultimately, a claim for compensation is about assessing the impact that has been caused to a data breach victim. This can differ from person to person, and the context of an incident is one of the key things we need to consider, as we will outline below.

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illegally accessing medical
April 12, 2023

Compensation for illegally accessing medical records and information

You could be entitled to claim compensation if you have fallen victim to an incident involving illegally accessing medical records and information that belong to you.

Your Lawyers, as leading data breach claims solicitors, may be able to represent you for a case on a No Win, No Fee basis. Read on for a little advice or contact our leading team for help here now.

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confidential information is exposed
April 10, 2023

Claim when confidential information is exposed

If your confidential information is exposed, you could be entitled to pursue a GDPR privacy compensation claim, and we may be able to represent you for a legal case on a No Win, No Fee basis.

Your Lawyers, as Leading Privacy Claims Experts, will always make sure to fight for your right to secure the maximum compensation possible. You can start the process toward compensation by contacting us for a free claims assessment on a no-obligation basis here now.

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breach of confidential information at a GP
March 22, 2023

Breach of confidential information at a GP surgery

The medical profession is built on the principle of doctor-patient confidentiality, in which patients trust when disclosing highly sensitive information to healthcare professionals. In particular, the relationship between a patient and their GP involves a great degree of trust, as patients often visit the same GP for years. It can, therefore, be extremely distressing to suffer a breach of confidential information at a GP surgery.

Healthcare data breaches can arise in a number of different ways, whether due to the carelessness of individual employees, or the failed security of data storage systems. Unfortunately, the continued occurrence of data breaches in the healthcare sector risks breaking down the relationships between healthcare professionals and patients.

If you have had your confidential medical information exposed or compromised by your GP surgery, you could be entitled to claim compensation. The GDPR can allow victims whose rights have been violated to launch data breach claims. To receive free legal advice about your potential eligibility, contact our expert lawyers.

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abandoned medical records
March 20, 2023

Abandoned medical records – claiming compensation

A previous report revealed that boxes of paper patient records and staff notes were reportedly left unsecured in a Norfolk care home following its closure several years previously. Despite past assurances of onsite security measures for the unoccupied building, it was possible for a local reporter to apparently walk onto the site through an open door, after which they found hoards of abandoned medical records left inside.

This was an example of how this kind of event could easily happen, though it was completely avoidable. Such violations of data protection law are always unacceptable, but they are particularly concerning where such sensitive information is involved.

We trust healthcare providers to do their utmost to protect our private data, so it is shocking that an organisation would neglect its data protection duties in these circumstances.

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By Ella p
healthcare data violations
March 07, 2023

Healthcare data violations

A healthcare environment is somewhere that we should expect to feel safe and protected, trusting the doctors and other healthcare professionals who owe us a duty of care. But it is not only our health and well-being that we entrust to healthcare organisations, as they are also responsible for protecting the incredibly sensitive personal and health information that we disclose to them. Unfortunately, healthcare data violations can continue to erode the relationship of trust between patients and healthcare providers.

Whether an employee has viewed medical records without authorisation, or failed cybersecurity has allowed hackers to access private stores of patient data, all medical information breaches can have a profound impact on the affected patients. It is unacceptable that so many of these incidents continue to occur, as the organisations responsible for them may actually be violating the data protection laws they are required to comply with.

If you have been affected by a healthcare data breach, you may be able to recover compensation via a data breach claim. Our expert lawyers can offer free, no-obligation advice on your potential eligibility.

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