Claim for the information data breach that affected Virgin Media

You could be entitled to pursue an information data breach compensation claim if you are one of the 900,000 victims affected by the Virgin Media data leak.

Discovered in 2020, the data leak stemmed from a completely preventable error that resulted in the personal information of hundreds of thousands of people being exposed. Most were customers, but there were also some non-customers affected as well.

Data exposed in the information leak included names and contact details. This can be enough for criminals to misuse to commit fraud and theft. In some cases, very sensitive contract data was also caught up in the data leak as well.

About the Virgin Media information data breach

The Virgin Media information data breach stemmed from a marketing database that had been left accessible online for a period of 10 months between April 2019 and February 2020. It seems that a configuration error was responsible for the issue, and the data leak was identified by a third-party security research.

We know that at least one unknown third party is understood to have accessed the exposed database. Given that cybercriminals have a habit of looking for easily exposed information so they can abuse it, it may already be in the hands of criminals.

The data exposed can be enough for people to fall victim to fraud and theft if they are targeted by criminals. Some could be at risk of blackmail given the sensitivity of some of the contract data that was also reportedly caught up in the data breach as well.

Either way, victims are at risk, and they must remain vigilant.

What could you claim for?

The GDPR can entitle you to claim compensation for any distress caused by the loss of control of your personal information. If you incurred any losses or expenses, these may also be considered; but you do not need to have done so to pursue a claim. Your legal case can just be for the distress alone, and our earlier estimations placed potential valuations in the £5,000 mark.

Claiming compensation for an information data breach is a really common process nowadays. We have recovered over £1m damages alone for data claimants to date, and we represent thousands of people pursuing cases in over 50 group and multi-party actions like the Virgin Media one here. As long as you have received confirmation that you were a victim of the data breach, you should be eligible to join the compensation action now.

Start your claim today – quickly and easily

It is a quick and easy process to get started with your information data breach claim with Your Lawyers – leading consumer action lawyers that specialise in data protection claims.

For eligible clients, you can benefit from our No Win, No Fee legal representation that means that we can write off our legal fees if the case does not succeed. All you need to do is comply with the terms and conditions as agreed.

To get started quickly and easily today, just start the claims form process here now and your claim could be established in just a few minutes.

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