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We focus on the latest news surrounding data breaches, leaks and hacks plus daily internet security articles.
We focus on the latest news surrounding data breaches, leaks and hacks plus daily internet security articles.
A Waltham Forest Council data breach incident that stemmed from a “printing error” shows just how easy it is for personal information to be exposed.
We say this a lot, but a huge majority of the cases we take forward are for council data breach compensation claims. They can be incredibly common, and when you account for the vast wealth of personal and sensitive information that local authorities hold, leaks and breaches can be severe.
In this incident, it’s understood that a simple “printing error” was to blame for the leak of personal information to potentially thousands of people.
Here’s a really quick guide about claiming compensation for a data breach in England and Wales, and how you can make use of our No Win, No Fee service.
Although claiming compensation for a data breach is a relatively new area of law, there have been a significant number of actions and individual cases we’ve taken forward. We’ve been fighting for the rights of victims of leaks, breaches and hacks for years, and thousands of people have come to us for our expert advice.
We’re fighting for justice in over 25 different group and multi-party actions, with our first one launched way back in 2015. Here’s a little information about how we may be able to help you.
News of a victim support data breach has been published by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which has led to a caseworker being prosecuted.
It’s reported that Restorative Justice Caseworker, Jeannette Baines, who had worked with victim support, sent personal and private information from a work email address to a personal email address.
This kind of breach where employees misuse their rights of access to personal data to send it to personal accounts isn’t uncommon. Many of the ICO’s individual prosecutions involve this kind of breach being committed, and the consequences for the offender can be severe.
Telford & Wrekin Council data breaches have hit the news again, after reports of three investigations into them last year by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
We wrote about one of them last year, which was a preventable incident where a member of staff had accidentally sent the wrong information to the wrong person. Two of the three investigated by the ICO were reportedly human error data breaches, with no further action taken against them. Human error incidents can be incredibly common in local authority data breach cases.
As lawyers, it’s important to address council data breaches, because they account for a significant proportion of the individual claims we take forward.
You may be entitled to make a claim for compensation as a victim of a hotel data breach, and we may be able to represent you on a No Win, No Fee basis.
For a long time now, hotel chains have been targets for cyber criminals. A wealth of personal and sensitive data is collected and used by hotels for guests, and payment information collected at the point-of-sale can also be a target.
There have been a few famous examples of hotel data breach incidents, including the Marriott incident and numerous point-of-sale attacks. As a victim of such a breach, you may have the right to make a legal case for compensation.
For a long time now, we’ve had concerns that some organisations are covering up data breaches to avoid fines and compensation claims that we represent people for.
According to recent research, we’re right to have such concerns.
A report by a security company suggests that more than 60% of IT leaders would be tempted to cover up a data breach if the opportunity arose. In some instances, the figure was actually over 70%. And all this is to potentially escape the consequences of a data breach, which is completely unacceptable.
You can be entitled to make a claim for compensation if you have been the victim of a human error data leak, and we can offer No Win, No Fee representation.
Some may believe that there’s nothing that can be done about a human error data leak, and that it’s just “one of those things”.
But that’s not the case at all. With one recent study suggesting that almost two-thirds of data breaches are directly caused by human error, victims need to know what they can do about it. And that’s where we can help you.
You may be eligible to make a claim for compensation as a victim of a local authority data breach. We can offer you free, no-obligation advice about your options.
As expert Data Leak Lawyers, we’ve been asked for help from thousands of people over the years we’ve been fighting for data breach justice. One of the most common types of individual claims that we take forward involve the victim’s local authority. And with local authorities holding a wealth of personal and sensitive data about huge numbers of people, these kinds of breaches can be severe.
You may be able to make a council data breach compensation claim. You may also be able to make a case for a breach from social services as well. Read on for more advice.
Confidential document disposal is a matter that all organisations – both public and private – must take seriously to avoid a data breach incident. But we know things don’t always get done properly as they ought to, and that’s where we come in.
Important data protection laws – including GDPR that came into force this time last year – encompass the handling, and therefore destruction, of data. Confidential documents must not be binned with other general waste because it may lead to a significant data breach. Confidential waste should always be disposed of in a way that ensures information will not be leaked.
If you’re the victim of a data breach that’s caused by a confidential document disposal failure, you may be able to make a claim for compensation.
A bug is said to be behind a recent Twitter data breach incident that has led to the location data for users being accidentally shared with a third-party.
This isn’t the first bug that’s led to a data breach for the popular social media platform. Just last year, 330 million users were advised to change their passwords after a bug potentially exposed them in plain text. News of this latest breach also comes at a time where Facebook and data protection incidents feel like they’re becoming the norm.
Once again we’re left wondering whether our data will ever be safe. There’s just so much information out there that’s being collected and shared about us, and when things go wrong, data breaches can easily occur.
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