Increasing retail data breaches can cause significant risks for those who are affected, and victims of privacy incidents could be eligible to claim compensation on a No Win, No Fee basis.
You can find out if you are eligible to pursue a claim for compensation as a victim of a data breach by contacting our leading team of experts for free, no-obligation legal advice here now.
Increasing retail data breaches and events
As with many sectors, there have been increasing retail data breaches that have stemmed from the growing digitisation of society in the way that we work and in the way that our commerce works. With that comes greater risks that people could fall foul of privacy incidents when information is misused or exposed. Whether it is an oversight or a data leak, or some form of cyberattack, it is easy for information in the retail environment to become misused or exposed and cause problems for the victims.
In line with increasing retail data breaches, there was a statistic I recently came across that showed that the costs of retail data breaches are one of the fastest growing of all the sectors. This, perhaps, shows just how major the risks can be in this particular sector, and it is also worth recognising that the impact on victims can always be substantial.
When we measure how much a privacy compensation claim could be settled for, we often look at the nature of the information involved and the impact on the claimant. Retail data breaches can easily include not just personal information but also financial data and card payment details. The latter can put people at direct risk of fraud and theft and can cause considerable distress knowing that criminals have access to our information that they could use to try to steal money from our accounts or make purchases in our names.
Because of this, retail data breaches can settle for thousands of pounds just for the distress alone. If there are any financial losses and expenses to account for, they can be considered, too.
Claiming data breach compensation in the UK
When it comes to claiming data breach compensation in the UK, you could be eligible to recover compensation for any distress caused by the loss of control of your personal information. Our average data breach settlement is just over £6,000 in damages alone, which is mostly for individual clients’ cases. As such, it is well worth pursuing a claim given that you could be owed thousands of pounds as the victim of a privacy event.
Make sure that you speak to our team to discuss claiming data breach compensation in the UK by contacting us here now.
Free, no-obligation legal advice now
Whether it is a case of increasing retail data breaches, or any other matters that you have been involved in as a result of the changing landscape of privacy in the UK, we may be able to help you pursue a legal case.
For eligible clients, we can offer No Win, No Fee legal representation if we believe that you have a privacy compensation case that could succeed. The first step to finding out if we can help you is to contact our team for free, no-obligation legal advice here now. We can usually tell you right away if your case is one that we can take forward for you.