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Over £5,000 Recovered for Social Services Data Leak: The Data Leak Lawyers Secure £5,250 Compensation
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The Data Leak Lawyers is delighted to share another successful outcome for a client who suffered a serious privacy violation at the hands of a local authority. We fought hard – over £5,000 recovered for social services data leak claims is a result when specialist lawyers are instructed.
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When our client first contacted us, they were extremely distressed. Sensitive information held by their local council’s social services department – information that most people would consider among the most private they will ever share with any organisation – had been released without authorisation.
The breach occurred due to human error within the council, but the impact on our client was very significant. We immediately took on the case on a No Win, No Fee basis and sent a detailed Letter of Claim citing multiple breaches of the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
The local authority admitted liability. Following submission of evidence that demonstrated the genuine distress caused, including how the breach had affected day-to-day life, the council agreed to pay over £5,000 in full and final settlement.
This case is another strong example of over £5,000 recovered for social services data leak compensation and shows why victims should never simply accept a low initial offer from an organisation or its insurer.
Social services departments often hold what is known in law as “special category data” – the most sensitive type of personal information. This routinely includes:
Because of the deeply personal and often traumatic nature of this data, any unauthorised disclosure may need to be treated as inherently serious by the courts. Even when the breach is a one-off mistake and the information is quickly recovered or deleted, the law recognises that the distress caused to the victim can be substantial and long-lasting.
In recent years, compensation levels for council and social services data breaches have risen significantly. The settlement we obtained for our client sits firmly in the brackets of a great result, and underlines that over £5,000 recovered for social services data leak cases can be a standard rather than the exception.
If your personal information has ever been mishandled, lost, emailed to the wrong person, or otherwise disclosed by social services, children’s services, adult social care, a local council, a school, or any other public body, you could be entitled to significant compensation – even if the incident happened several years ago.
The Data Leak Lawyers is one of the UK’s leading data breach compensation firms. We have helped thousands of people recover the money they deserve and have a proven track record of achieving results, where over £5,000 has been recovered for social services data leak compensation is concerned.
Contact us right now for an instant case review: Call free on 0800 634 7575 or visit our website. Do not let a careless mistake go unpunished. Let The Data Leak Lawyers fight for the justice and compensation you are rightfully owed.
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