Compensation for files sent to the wrong address

You could be eligible to claim thousands of pounds in compensation if you have been affected by a data breach where files sent to the wrong address has impacted you.

The GDPR can entitle you to claim for any distress caused by the loss of control of your personal information, and we may be able to represent you for a case on a No Win, No Fee basis.

Speak to our claims team here for free, no-obligation advice.

Claim compensation for files sent to the wrong address

Victims could be eligible to claim compensation when an incident of files sent to the wrong address has involved you. Ultimately, if the incident has stemmed from the negligence of someone at an organisation, that is when you may be eligible to claim. The organisation that employs the person(s) responsible for the breach can be held vicariously liable for their negligence, so all you need to do is claim against the company or organisation.

The GDPR can entitle the victim of a data breach to claim compensation for any impact that they have suffered from. What we do is use this key legislation to hold the Defendant in a case to account, and ensure that some form of justice is served by way of a case for damages.

If you have suffered distress as a result of the data breach event, that is when you could be eligible to pursue a case. Your data breach compensation claim can account for any distress caused by the loss of control of your personal information. Privacy claim amounts and pay-outs can be substantial in a case like this, depending on the data that has been affected. Our average settlement as of 2022 is just over £6,000, so it is well worth pursuing a claim in our view.

Some examples of when you could claim

Some easy examples where files sent to the wrong address can lead to a person being eligible to claim data breach compensation can include:

• Your medical files being sent to the wrong recipient.
• Your employment files being sent to the wrong person.
• Files that form as part of a Subject Access Request (SAR) going to the wrong recipient.
• Files from the council or social services being sent to the wrong recipient.

It does not matter whether the files sent to the wrong address are physical files being sent to a postal address or electronic files sent to an email address, or perhaps electronic files on a disc being sent to the wrong address. We can risk assess the case and decide if it is something that we think can win and that we can help you with.

Speak to our specialist claims team now

If you need to pursue a claim for data breach compensation, we want to help you. We are a leading firm of data breach specialists representing thousands of clients for cases as far back as 2014. This is a great deal longer than many other firms out there pursuing data claims and is why we have recovered over £1m in data breach damages for mainly individual clients to date.

Be warned: we know of other firms out there settling claims quickly and cheaply, sometimes for just a few hundreds of pounds when the victim could be entitled to receive thousands of pounds.

Contact the team here for free, no-obligation advice today about claiming No Win, No Fee now.