Police data leak claims for compensation

We pursue police data leak claims for compensation on a No Win, No Fee basis for eligible clients, and you can speak to our team for free, no-obligation legal advice here now.

Your Lawyers, as Leading Data Leak Lawyers, represent thousands of people engaged in both individual and group and multi-party action privacy compensation cases. If you have lost control of your right to privacy, you could be entitled to pursue a claim for damages, and we may be able to help you now.

Pursuing police data leak claims for compensation

You could be entitled to pursue police data leak claims for compensation if your personal information has been exposed or misused in any way. Given that the police are responsible for processing and storing significantly sensitive information, which will include details about victims of alleged crimes, it is essential that data protection compliance is a priority. It cannot be ignored that police data leaks could lead to people being at risk of physical and emotional harm, particularly where they may be the alleged victims or witnesses to a crime and alleged offenders are able to access their information.

We pursue police data leak claims for compensation on a No Win, No Fee basis for eligible clients. The police are not above the law, and they have the same important duties as other organisations do when it comes to compliance with the GDPR. If they breach the GDPR as a result of negligence, any victim who is affected could be entitled to pursue a claim for data breach compensation.

The best thing to do is contact our team for free, no-obligation legal advice here now.

A recent incident: Suffolk police online data leak

There was an unfortunate and severe incident involving Suffolk Constabulary that reportedly involved the accidental leak of very sensitive information about the victims of sexual abuse on its website. Media reports have covered the story that names and addresses of sexual assault victims and details of alleged offences committed were somehow made available online.

As a result of the incident, Suffolk police are understood to be undertaking urgent investigations into the matter, and the UK data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has been notified about the incident.

It goes without saying that this kind of incident is incredibly severe and it is very concerning as to how this is managed to happen.

Police data protection breach compensation amount advice

When it comes to police data protection breach compensation amount advice, we must stress again the fact that police data leak claims can be significant, given the nature of the personal and sensitive information involved. This is an important factor to consider because the way in which we approach valuing a claim is often based on the nature of the information involved and the impact it has had on the victim.

Generally speaking, the more significant a data breach is, the more a claim may be worth. We can measure significance based on the nature of how personal, confidential, and sensitive leaked information is, as well as how much is involved, and the context of the breach. Even who information is made available to can increase distress, and we cannot ignore the fact that different people will suffer in different ways.

Our average data breach compensation claim settlement, which includes the broad spectrum from the very minor to the significant, is just over £6,000. Data breaches that involve particularly personal and sensitive information, such as data held by the police, could be worth substantially more because the distress can be more significant. Significant data breach claims can be valued in the £15,000 to £25,000 mark for the distress alone.

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