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Your Lawyers previously secured a settlement of £10,000 for a client that our team represented for medical data misuse at work.
In today’s digital age, the protection of personal data is of paramount importance. Unfortunately, instances of data breaches and misuse can occur, leading to severe consequences for individuals.
This article, presented by Your Lawyers – The Data Leak Lawyers – explores the significant issue of medical data misuse at the workplace. We delve into a real case where we secured a noteworthy £10,000 settlement for a client whose medical information was misused in a professional setting.
Inappropriate access to information can cause considerable distress to victims of data breaches of this nature. We previously recovered £8,000 for a client we represented.
The law recognises that we have a right to privacy, so when people flagrantly disregard their duties when it comes to access to information, that can constitute a breach of the GDPR. When that happens, victims could be eligible to pursue compensation, and we may be able to help with this now.
Snooping data breach pay-outs can lead to significant compensation, and one such incident we helped a client with involved a settlement of almost £10,000 being secured.
In many cases, it is healthcare information that is snooped on by people working for hospitals or GP surgeries. Such incidents can constitute a clear breach of the GDPR and should never happen in the first place. If they do occur, victims could be entitled to pursue a privacy compensation claim and we, as Leading Data Leak Lawyers, may be able to help.
Data breaches and disclosures to abusive ex-partners can have a considerable impact on the victim. In a previous case, we were able to secure a settlement of over £15,000 for a client we represented.
Your Lawyers, as leading privacy compensation experts representing victims of breaches in England and Wales, is here to offer specialist legal representation to anyone who needs our help in respect of sensitive data breach matters.
The leading team here at Your Lawyers – The Data Leak Lawyers – was proud to have been able to achieve over £20,000 in settlement for a serious medical data breach case for a client we represented.
Given the extent of the damages involved in this case, it is easy to see how substantial this particular claim was and how significant the impact was on our client.
Sending data to the wrong person can have catastrophic consequences for the victim, which was seen in a previous case that we settled for well over £25,000 in damages for.
We previously settled a claim for a client of ours who had been subject to a confidential adoption information breach in the sum of £15,000.
This substantial award reflected the significance of the information in question and the impact that our client suffered. As you can imagine, this kind of information is precisely the sort that we want to maintain strict confidentiality over. For it to be exposed through negligence warrants a claim for compensation.
settlement is just over £6,000 pounds in
As Leading Data Leak Lawyers representing thousands of clients engaged in compensation cases in the UK, we knew that we were able to help our client in this matter to achieve the settlement that they deserved.
In respect of any breaches involving particularly personal and sensitive information, compensation pay-outs can be substantial. We have settled a number of cases for over £12,000.
This is above our average and reflects the nature of the seriousness of such breaches, and it is also likely more than what some other law firms may be prepared to settle similar cases for. We know this because we are aware of other law firms settling claims for reduced amounts or taking earlier offers, whereas we are prepared to fight harder to make sure we get the best justice possible.
The leading team at Your Lawyers – the Data Leak Lawyers – previously recovered over £10,000 in damages for a client we represented in a matter involving the disclosure of sensitive employment information.
The impact on our client was substantial because healthcare data was involved, and this sort of case can attract much higher awards. Some awards can be in excess of £10,000 to reflect the significance of any distress that has been suffered.
When disclosures in court proceedings are wrong, this could result in private information being misused or exposed. This happened to a client of ours and we were able to recover £10,000 in settlement for their damages claim.
This particular pay-out reflects the significance of the impact on our client owing to the nature of the particularly personal and sensitive information that was disclosed. We represented our client on a No Win, No Fee basis, having risk assessed the matter. We are pleased that we were able to obtain a fantastic settlement to compensate them for what happened.
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