Data disclosures to abusive ex-partners: over £15,000 recovered

Data breaches and disclosures to abusive ex-partners can have a considerable impact on the victim. In a previous case, we were able to secure a settlement of over £15,000 for a client we represented.

Your Lawyers, as leading privacy compensation experts representing victims of breaches in England and Wales, is here to offer specialist legal representation to anyone who needs our help in respect of sensitive data breach matters.

Over £15,000 secured for data breach: abusive ex-partners

Information disclosures to abusive ex-partners can have a significant impact on the victims. It is important that anyone affected by incidents of this nature can achieve some form of justice for what has happened.

In a previous case that our team settled, we were able to recover over £15,000 for a client who was involved in an incident of that nature. Our client had gone to considerable lengths to make sure that their identity was not known to their former partner, and it was a simple oversight that their personal contact details were then disclosed to the abusive ex-partner by an organisation.

This caused understandable distress to our client and caused a significant degree of upheaval in their personal life. We were pleased to have been able to secure a settlement as high as we did to make sure that our client achieved some form of justice for what they had to go through.

The importance of sensitive information security

The importance of information security in respect of sensitive data in order to comply with the GDPR as the key legislation in England and Wales cannot be understated. There should be no circumstances in which personal data is disclosed by accident to abusive ex-partners, as this could cause substantial suffering and distress, as we saw in this case, and as we have seen in others.

Any organisation handling such information in these kinds of circumstances must make sure to protect victims of abuse at all times. There should be particular protocols in place for any employee involved in such matters to make sure that there are no inadvertent disclosures arising from naivety or a lack of knowledge of the law.

Ultimately, there is no excuse at all for a breach of this kind taking place. Despite the fact that there should be no excuses, and despite the clarity in respect of the legislation, incidents still happen.

The need for specialist privacy lawyers

Instructing specialist privacy lawyers can be the difference between securing real justice for the exposure or misuse of personal information compared to under-settling a claim and achieving much less than you deserve. It is important to understand that there are some law firms out there that only recently started looking into data claims, and some settle cases quickly and cheaply.

It is important to instruct the right firm when it comes to particularly sensitive data breaches, such as the disclosure or misuse of information to abusive ex-partners. It goes without saying that we are more than just a law firm instructed to recover damages; we are here to support our clients when they need our help the most.

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