The theft and/or misuse of your personal data can cause loss, distress, embarrassment and violation. And you have a legal right to hold the guilty party to account.
At Keller Lenkner UK, our data protection lawyers are specialists in data breach law. So, we understand what it takes to make a successful data breach claim across a range of sectors. We believe there is strength in numbers when a privacy violation occurs and represent multiple claimants in all breaches.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF A DATA BREACH, REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE OF ORGANISATION INVOLVED, WE CAN HELP.
In 2020, over 100 educational and third-sector organisations were put at risk following a breach of the Blackbaud cloud platform. Blackbaud – a firm that provides administration, fundraising, and financial management software – was targeted by cybercriminals in a devastating cyber-attack. The hackers demanded a ransom in exchange for deleting the data, which Blackbaud paid.
Almost 400,000 British Airways customers had their personal details and bank cards stolen in one of the most severe cyber-attacks in UK history. When investigating the first data failure, a second data breach was also spotted at the airline. And in a third data breach, security researchers uncovered unencrypted links within BA’s e-ticketing process.
The Dixons Carphone Warehouse data breach resulted in 10 million customer records being accessed from Currys PC World and Dixons Travel stores.
In 2020, EasyJet admitted that, as well as the personal details of nine million customers, over 2,000 passengers had their credit card details accessed by hackers.
In 2017, poor security processes at Equifax led to a huge data breach. The ICO has since fined Equifax £500,000 and people who have been affected by the breach can register to make a compensation claim.
In August 2019, over 750 annual benefit statements were sent to the wrong postal addresses. These statements were for police officers of Sussex Police.
Equiniti, a company that provides support, communications and technology platforms to help manage company pensions, was responsible for distributing these statements.
In January 2021, London-based estate agent Foxtons discovered that it had experienced a huge data breach. But, despite an investigation finding 16,000 card details, addresses and correspondence related to this breach on the dark web, Foxtons did not tell its customers that criminals had accessed and exposed their data.
The personal details of victims of crime in Greater Manchester have been put online by mistake.
The data breach affects victims of sexual abuse, witnesses and people reporting crime. According to the Force, no informant details were breached.
Thousands of people are thought to be affected.
Hackney Council was sit by a serious cyberattack that affected most of its services. If you think you may have lost data in this incident, contact Keller Lenkner and we will help you to investigate that loss.
The Maze ransomware group attacked the computer systems of Hammersmith Medicines Research (HMR) – a company which performs early clinical trials of drugs and vaccines. The criminal group had previously promised not to attack medical organisations during the coronavirus outbreak.
Fintech startup LOQBOX – a company that helps people to improve their credit ratings – suffered a cyber-attack in February 2020. As well as personal data, some financial information was also breached.
In 2018, a huge data breach put 339 million Marriott International customers at risk. And, in 2020, Marriott confirmed another data breach – this time involving the personal information of 5.2 million guests.
The National Trust has issued a data breach alert after a cyberattack on cloud computing company Blackbaud. Blackbaud provides software to the National Trust. The National Trust confirmed that data about its volunteering and fundraising communities has been compromised. Its 5.6 million members are not though to be at risk.
OnePlus has emailed customers to let them know that a data breach put their personal information at risk. Worse, OnePlus confirmed that the hack resulted in customer order information falling into the hands of an unauthorised third-party.
Anyone involved in the People’s Energy breach could now be at risk. Customers are being warned that criminals might try and contact them using the stolen contact details. Victims of this breach are now at a greater risk of fraud, theft, and scams.
If your data was included in this breach, and you live in England & Wales, you may be able to make a compensation claim with Keller Lenkner UK.
In 2019, The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) suffered a severe data breach following a ransomware cyber-attack hit the PFEW headquarters. Around 120,000 current and former officers are affected.
In November 2019, T-Mobile suffered a severe data breach. Over a million pre-paid customers are believed to be affected. T-Mobile was very unforthcoming about the data hack and did not provide additional information at the time of the breach.
TeamSport Indoor Karting, which operates racing circuits across the UK, suffered a significant data breach. The breach affects former employees of the company.
In June 2018, Ticketmaster admitted to a huge data breach. The breach happened after a supplier to Ticketmaster was infected with malicious software while having access to the Ticketmaster website. The Ticketmaster data breach affects up to 40,000 people.
Anyone involved in the Total Fitness data breach could now be at risk. Customers should be aware that criminals might try and contact them using the stolen contact details. Victims of this breach are now at a greater risk of fraud, theft, and scams.
If your data was included in this breach, and you live in England & Wales, you may be able to make a no-win, no-fee compensation claim with Keller Lenkner UK.
In December 2020, UK cosmetic surgery provider Transform Hospital Group Ltd., also known as The Hospital Group, admitted that it had been hit by a ransomware data security attack. This incident resulted in the theft of extremely sensitive customer data.
In December 2020, Twitter was fined €450,000 by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) for failing to promptly declare and properly document a data breach. This comes after a Twitter bug led to private tweets being made publicly available.
Several UK universities are involved in a global privacy violation. This university data breach occurred as Blackbaud – a firm that provides education administration, fundraising, and financial management software – was targeted by cybercriminals.
Keller Lenkner UK is one of only two firms pursuing legal action against British Airways and the deadline to join our action is fast approaching.
Our expert data protection lawyers explain how to find out if HMR breached your data, as well as answering some of the other frequently asked questions in this case.
Under the GDPR, any organisation that handles personal information such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, and payment details must put robust measures in place to keep this data safe. And the more you know about the GDPR, the easier it is to hold organisations to account when they fail to do this.
While each case is judged on its own merits, there are some things we would typically look for when it comes to when claiming compensation following a data breach, cybercrime or other GDPR violation:
With stolen data, cybercriminals can make purchases using your bank and credit cards, apply for credit in your name, set up fraudulent bank accounts and access your existing online accounts.
GDPR failures, cybercrime and data breaches can have a significant impact on you, both mentally and physically. They can cause or exacerbate anxiety, stress and other psychological conditions.
