Virgin Media Data Breach Compensation Amounts: How Does it Work?

When it comes to the final Virgin Media data breach compensation amounts that Claimants in the group action could be entitled to receive, how does it work?

It’s important that we address this as some people can be worried that they’re “just a number” when it comes to joining a large group action. With the action potentially reaching as high as 900,000 people, you may want to make sure that you personally receive the proper justice that you’re entitled to.

Here’s an insight into how it works when it comes to settling a large action so you can be in the know right from the start.

Virgin Media data breach compensation amounts can vary

It can be the case that the final Virgin Media data breach compensation amounts that Claimants receive should vary from person to person.

The purpose of a group action is for the similar and joint issues in cases to be addressed as one, like liability and the timescales for the action. There’s no point in bringing each case to Court on the matter of liability, so we should be able to try the issues that are the same in each case as one set of Court proceedings.

This is nice and efficient.

When it comes to the amounts, it may vary depending on the clients. Some people may suffer from greater distress than others, and some may suffer financial losses too. There are also over 1,000 people whose data exposed potentially links them to requests for blocking and unblocking explicit websites, which may be a cause for greater distress. Those victims could also be bigger targets for scammers if the exposed data has fallen into the hands of criminals.

How might we work it out?

Although we can’t know for sure what will happen in this action, there are a few ways that we can calculate the final Virgin Media data breach compensation amounts.

These may include:

• A Schedule of Information that’s unique to each Claimant that can be used to calculate their final pay-out based on things like the extent of any distress and loss suffered;
• Claimants being placed into categories based on things like the extent of data exposed, the impact, and any exceptional additional losses;
• Mass offers being made to Claimants without looking at the individual aspects which, in some cases, people may be happy to accept (but may not necessarily be obliged to accept);
• The Court confirming the amounts.

We must stress that it’s very early days, and our action for justice has only just launched. As a leading firm of data breach lawyers involved in over 35 different group and multi-party actions, we can give you this insight. It’s hard to know the direction the case will go, but it’s important to recognise that there is strength in numbers.

Start your case today

If you’re one of the 900,000 people affected by the Virgin Media data breach, you could be entitled to join the compensation action we’ve initiated.

All you need to do is go to the main page here and complete the forms to get started.

It’s No Win, No Fee, and as we’re already involved in so many actions and have Steering Committee appointments – including on the first GDPR Group Litigation Order in England and Wales for British Airways – our experience speaks for itself.

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