We have been notified of a Princess Alexandra Hospital data snooping event in which medical information has been subject to an information breach.
We have agreed to take legal action forward and on a No Win, No Fee basis to investigate the issues and see whether there are viable claims for compensation to be pursued. We understand that notifications are being issued to patients affected and that the breach occurred last year.
If you have been notified that you could be affected by this incident, please do not hesitate to contact our team for free, no-obligation legal advice here now.
Legal action started over Princess Alexandra Hospital data snooping
We have been approached to help people who have received notification about a Princess Alexandra Hospital data snooping incident that reportedly occurred last year.
From the information that has been provided to us by those who have approached us for help, it appears that someone working for the hospital has accessed medical records without appropriate authority or reason to do so. As such, victims have approached us for help as their right to privacy in respect of their medical information has been breached.
Whilst it is early days in respect of this latest data breach, we have agreed to take legal action forward for those who have approached us, and we are investigating No Win, No Fee compensation cases.
Are you affected?
If you have also received notification that your information has been affected in the Princess Alexandra Hospital data breach event, we may be able to help you. Please do not hesitate to contact our team here for free, no-obligation legal advice about your rights to claim compensation.
If we consider that there might be a case to investigate for you, we may be able to represent you on a No Win, No Fee basis.
Medical data breach compensation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital data breach event looks to be a classic example of an employee misusing their right of access. We have represented many people with similar cases like this, including in other group actions such as the Greater Manchester snooping event that took place a couple of years ago.
Those who take legal action for such an incident are pursuing a medical data breach compensation claim. The GDPR can allow you to recover compensation for any distress that you have suffered from that is caused by the exposure and/or misuse of your private information. Medical data is classed as special category information in accordance with the GDPR, which means that is afforded extra protection. The reason for this is because the law recognises that this information is particularly personal and sensitive, and most people want to maintain strict control over who knows what about their medical data. As such, the level of distress that can be suffered when such information is affected in a data breach can be substantial.
Data breach compensation amounts and pay-outs do reflect the severity of the distress that has been suffered. We usually find that medical data breach compensation claims attract some of the highest awards because of the degree of distress that is caused.
You can find out today if you could be eligible to pursue a healthcare data breach claim by contacting our team for free, no-obligation legal advice here now.