Losses claims for Virgin Media data breach victims

Our action for justice has been in the media a lot recently as we’ve talked about potential compensation pay-outs, but what about losses claims?

Our expert team has confirmed that the total pay-out could reach up to an estimated £4.5bn, based on potential averages of up to £5,000.00 in compensation per person. Realistically, any final pay-out, if achieved, will be based on individual factors for the case. Victims could be entitled to damages for the distress suffered, but there are also losses and expenses to consider.

Here’s some information about how we value pay-outs and what kinds of losses claims we could include.

How we value compensation claims

Generally speaking, any data breach compensation claim is usually valued based on individual factors, and this should be no different for those claiming in the Virgin Media data breach action.

Most people will be claiming for the distress caused by the loss of control of their personal information. This can be calculated based on factors such as:

• The nature of the information misused or exposed;
• To whom the data has been misused by, or exposed to;
• How much information is involved;
• The personal impact for the victim.

The personal impact can differ from person to person. Some may be distressed, whereas others may be significantly distressed. We also need to account for individual social and domestic factors, which can also differ between people. Some may need to keep their information and identity more private than others, and this may be accounted for.

There’s also the issue that there are at least 1,000 people whose contract data was also exposed in this breach. Some of this can link customers to explicit websites and we know at least one unknown third-party accessed the exposed data during the breach period.

Losses claims for Virgin Media victims

When it comes to losses claims in data breach compensation cases, there can be a few things that we can look at:

• Money stolen from fraud, scams and ID theft events.
• Costs for increased personal security arising from the breach;
• Lost earnings from time off work if the distress and problems are particularly significant.

How these kinds of claims can fit specifically for Virgin Media data breach victims remains to be seen. It’s only early days, but there’s plenty that we may be able to account for, but we will need to wait to see how the action develops first. Claims for losses and expenses can be an additional claim on top of the distress compensation.

Start your legal case today

Whether you need to make a distress and / or losses claims as a victim of the Virgin Media data breach, we can help you.

To get started with your No Win, No Fee compensation case today, all you need to do is go to the main part of the website here and sign-up.

As long as you have received confirmation that you are one of the 900,000 people affected by the beach, you should be eligible to join our action for justice. Everything is set up and ready using our tried and tested methods we have used in other group actions. Our lawyers are fighting for justice in over 35 different data group actions, with seats on Steering Committees as part of our wealth of experience.

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