Data Breach in the Workplace – Claim Compensation Now

Victims of a data breach in the workplace can be entitled to claim compensation and we, as Specialist Data Breach Lawyers, can represent victims on a No Win, No Fee basis.

Whether the incident involves a breach, a leak or a hack, or perhaps the misuse of your personal information, the GDPR can entitle you to pursue a claim for compensation. You could be owed thousands of pounds in damages for any distress that has been caused by the loss of control of your personal information.

Claim compensation for a data breach in the workplace

You could be entitled to claim compensation for a data breach in the workplace and we may be able to represent you for a case on a No Win, No Fee basis.

A data breach in the workplace can be a serious matter. Your employer will need to store and process considerably personal and private information about you. They will need your personal details but they will also need financial and banking information to pay you for your work. If that kind of information is leaked or exposed, victims could be at risk of fraud and theft.

Employee information can go much further. To make sure you are looked after, there may be the need to disclose personal medical information or sensitive domestic details. There may also be confidential information about appraisals or problems in the workplace, which again are things that should be kept strictly confidential. Many employers will also engage in surveys for diversity and equality, which again means that they are storing and processing particularly personal information.

Ultimately, if you have lost control of your personal information and your employer is to blame, you could be entitled to pursue a legal case. Whether your employer is responsible for disclosing information without consent, or data being leaked or hacked, you may have a case.

What happens if an employee breaches the GDPR?

If you are worried about what happens if an employee breaches the GDPR, understand that you can still be eligible to claim compensation.

The negligence of an employee can fall onto the shoulders of the employer, which is a concept known as “vicarious liability”. Generally speaking, this means that your employer cannot simply dismiss the claim as the fault of an employee, because that fault can ultimately be the responsibility of the employer. Whether we can apply vicarious liability in a case or not can depend on what has happened and the nature of any negligence, as intentional acts can sometimes fall outside of this scope. But for any accidental disclosures or when employees are partially to blame for an accident or an error which is linked to a data breach, you may still be eligible to claim.

No Win, No Fee legal representation

We can offer No Win, No Fee legal representation for a claim for compensation for a data breach in the workplace. We can assess your case on a free and no-obligation basis and, if we believe that there is a claim to pursue, that is when we could offer to work this way for you.

We believe in access to justice which is exactly why we work on this basis for our valued clients. Working this way means that we can waive our legal fees if the claim does not succeed and all you need to do as our client is comply with terms and conditions in place. Whilst there is a risk to us for working this way, we appreciate that most people would not be able to claim if they had to pay privately and pay legal fees if a claim did not succeed.

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