Deadline to Claim for the Virgin Media Data Breach

The deadline to claim for the Virgin Media data breach, that affected over 900,000 people, may be fast approaching.

Now is the time to sign-up to join the Virgin Media Group Action with Your Lawyers – that’s us – as a leading firm of consumer action and data breach lawyers. We offer No Win, No Fee legal representation, and you could be entitled to claim thousands of pounds in damages.

The Virgin Media data breach left 900,000 people’s personal information exposed online for a period of 10 months between April 2019 and February 2020. The breach stemmed from an ‘incorrectly configured database’ resulting from what has been deemed as an employee error. This issue was identified by security researcher TurgenSec.

Deadline to claim in the Virgin Media Data Breach Group Action

Your Lawyers has launched a Group Action Claim for the Virgin Media data breach, giving Virgin Media just four weeks to agree to forming an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to allow claims to settle amicably.

It is expected that Virgin Media will not agree to the ADR and, in that case, Your Lawyers can then proceed with a Group Litigation Order (GLO) through the High Court of Justice. The proceeding of a GLO will usually follow with a final deadline to claim for the Virgin Media Group Action that will usually be set by the Court.

It is essential for anyone affected by the breach to sign-up now – preferably, before any deadline to claim comes into effect. You do not want to be leaving it until the last minute, and many people will miss the deadline.

The Virgin Media Group Action already is rapidly growing, and the more people that join, the better. We urge anyone involved in the data breach to make their claim and strengthen the Group Action now.

This was a serious data breach that included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, contract information and, in some cases, details that linked customers to pornography and explicit websites being exposed. After investigations, it was revealed that the information had been accessed at least once by an unknown third party during the 10-month data breach period.

Start your claim with us today on the main section of the website here. You do not want to miss the deadline to claim when it is established, and you are far better off starting sooner rather than later.

The Your Lawyers data breach action

Your Lawyers has pioneered many data breach actions, representing groups of claimants for Human Rights Act and breach of confidentiality cases as far back as 2014. In 2015, we launched our first data Group Action for the 56 Dean Street Clinic leak.

In 2019, we were appointed to the Steering Committee by the High Court of Justice for the British Airways Group Action. This is the first GLO in England and Wales and we are proud to be closely involved in the fight for justice.

We have launched over 50 data multi-party and group actions to date as a leading data breach consumer action law firm.

Claim with us today

Do not miss the deadline to claim for the Virgin Media Data Breach Group Action when it is established. Complete the forms on the main section of the website here to get started now.

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