When data protection practices fall short, claims follow

When data protection practices fall short, either because they are not adequate enough or they are not being followed, information could be misused or exposed. This could allow people to pursue compensation claims.

As leading data protection breach compensation specialists, we may be able to represent you for a legal case on a No Win, No Fee basis. The best place to start is to contact our team for free, no-obligation legal advice here now.

The importance of data protection practices

The importance of complying with data protection practices is so incredibly important and can never be understated. The whole reason why we have these important practices and policies in place is to make sure that our right to privacy is protected at all times. It is important that we are afforded this right to privacy because we do not want everyone knowing absolutely everything about us. There is also the security in making sure that our information is protected because data has value, and it can be misused by people with malicious intentions.

We have seen improvements in respect of compliance with data protection practices owing to the introduction of the GDPR in May 2018. The new legislation updated the way in which the continually digitised world is moving forward and has served to put great power into our hands as people and data subjects. Enforcement is also stricter, as are punishments that can be issued when there are breaches of important data protection legislation.

The importance of pursuing compensation

When an organisation is guilty of failing to follow its own data protection practices, or failing to implement them properly, information could be misused or exposed. If this happens, we could find ourselves in a situation where real people suffer distress as a result of the loss of control of their personal information.

The GDPR can entitle the victim of a data breach who has suffered distress to claim compensation for what they had to go through. If a data breach also leads to losses and expenses being incurred, these can also be considered, but most people will pursue damages for the distress alone which can be significant. This is about pursuing compensation for a sort of “injury to feelings”, where we can recover damages for anger, worry, upset, and hurt that has been caused by the loss of control of personal information.

It is important that people use their rights in accordance with the GDPR to claim compensation because that is the entitlement to do so. If we believe that you have a potential legal case to pursue, we may be able to represent you for a claim on a No Win, No Fee basis. The best place to start is to contact our team for free, no-obligation legal advice here now.

How we can help you now

As we said above, you can contact us to find out if we are able to pursue a claim for you, and the best way to do this is to speak to our team for advice here now.

If we can help you, we may be able to pursue your claim and seek the damages that you could be entitled to receive, and resolve the compensation claim on the best terms possible. It is about making sure that we can hold the defendant accountable for any breaches of the law and then show how this has affected you to be able to resolve the claim.