{"id":4148,"date":"2019-12-19T07:30:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T07:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4148"},"modified":"2019-12-18T11:40:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T11:40:33","slug":"social-care-records-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk\/blog\/social-care-records-data-breach","title":{"rendered":"Social Care records data breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have been the victim of a social care records data breach, you may be entitled to make a claim for compensation with us<\/strong><\/a> on a No Win, No Fee basis.<\/p>\n

One of the most common types of individual legal cases that we represent people for involve councils, and a large volume of them relate to social care information. Social care data can be incredibly personal and sensitive which is why we find that data breach compensation pay-outs<\/strong><\/a> for these kinds of incidents can be quite high.<\/p>\n

Victims should always know their rights. An apology isn\u2019t always enough, especially when the data that has been exposed or misused is sensitive, which can often be the case when it comes to social care data.<\/p>\n

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Know your rights for a social care records data breach<\/strong><\/h3>\n

If you have been the victim of a social care records data breach, you can be entitled to make a valid claim for compensation with us.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

You can be entitled to claim compensation for any distress, suffering and loss of amenity that can be caused by the loss of control of your private information. Distress in cases like this can be severe given the nature of social care data, and it\u2019s important to know that you don\u2019t have to have suffered financial losses to be able to claim.<\/p>\n

Over the many years we have been fighting for the rights of data breach victims, thousands of people have asked us for our help. We\u2019re always happy to conduct an initial claims assessment on a free and no-obligation basis, and then we can offer you our No Win, No Fee representation<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Serious cases<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Social care records data breach incidents can be serious. We could be talking about an incident where information is leaked or exposed that may involve data such as:<\/p>\n