Council data breach compensation claims

Council data breach compensation claims are some of the most common legal cases that we take forward, and the impact on the victims can be substantial.

Councils and local authority agencies often hold a great deal of information about thousands and thousands of people. This can include financial and employment data for council tax matters, and even medical data for benefits or social services matters. It can be the full range of data, which means that the impact on a victim can be substantial.

We can offer No Win, No Fee representation for compensation claims arising from councils and local authority agencies like social services.

Claiming council data breach compensation

Claiming for council data breach compensation is easy with our simple approach. You can speak to our team today for free, no-obligation advice, and if we think that you have a case, we can offer to represent you on a No Win, No Fee basis.

As huge believers in access to justice, we wouldn’t have it any other way. Our No Win, No Fee approach means that our clients can claim safe in the knowledge that we can waive our legal fees if the case doesn’t succeed.

Thousands of people have come to us for help as a leading, expert firm of data breach lawyers. Depending on the type of case and what has happened, it can take just a few months to resolve a case. We keep our clients updated as to the progress of the case and do all the legwork, so you don’t have to worry about a thing.

What can you claim for?

Council data breach compensation claims can involve a number of elements. With councils holding a wealth of data about a lot of people, you may find that a serious amount of information about you is exposed or misused.

Generally speaking, the more a victim suffers, the more a case could be worth. Most claims are valued based on the impact to the victim, so the more you suffer, the more a claim can be valued at. If it’s private and sensitive medical data that has been misused or exposed, the impact can often be substantial, and this is reflected in any compensation award.

Victims can also claim for any financial losses suffered as a result of a breach. You can claim for just the distress or, in some cases, for simply being the victim of a breach as a result of a recent court ruling.

It can only take one leaked social services file, or poor security for a council data breach to cause a serious event.

Speak to our experts

Feel free to get in touch with our team of experts for free, no-obligation advice about making a council data breach compensation claim.

Thousands of people have come to us for our help over the years we’ve been fighting for the rights of data breach victims. We’re also involved with dozens of data breach group and multi-party actions.