Tag: Compensation
Your Lawyers media coverage following launch of Virgin Media Group Action
Your Lawyers media coverage has been widespread since we launched our Group Action Claim against Virgin Media for their data breach affecting 900,000 people.
It is important for word to get out about these kinds of actions, so people know what to do in order to take action. Victims of the data breach could be entitled to claim up to £5,000.00 in damages, so it is important that people know their rights.
The Your Lawyers media coverage includes likes of The Daily Mail, Your Money and The Daily Express. Your Lawyers is appealing to anyone who has been informed by Virgin Media that their personal data was exposed, and we are urging victims to step forward and make a claim now.
Your Lawyers launch Virgin Media Group Action for data breach victims
Your Lawyers has officially launched its Virgin Media Group Action which could lead to a total pay-out of up to £4.5bn for the 900,000 victims affected by the data breach.
Announcing the significant development in the legal action for compensation this week, Lawyer and Director, Mr Aman Johal, said:
‘Your Lawyers will hold Virgin Media to account for this avoidable breach of private information, and we will do everything possible to ensure justice for the victims prevails. The door is open for victims to join the action, and now is the time to act.’
News of the latest step toward compensation has gained widespread media coverage, and Your Lawyers has seen a huge surge in new sign-ups. Anyone affected is encouraged to join the legal action now.
Scams arising from the Virgin Media data breach
Scams arising from the Virgin Media data breach that affected around 900,000 victims, when personal information was left exposed online between April 2019 and 28th February 2020, could be serious
The information accessible included names, email addresses, telephone numbers and information about individual contracts, in some cases. Virgin Media said that the breach was a result of an ‘employee error’ and an ‘incorrectly configured’ database, and it was security researchers at TurgenSec that found the problem and alerted Virgin Media about the data breach.
Following investigations, it seems that the unsecured data has been accessed by an unknown third party at least once over the 10-month breach period. As the third party has not been identified, it may be the case that the data has been accessed by cyber criminals. This could leave the over 900,000 victims vulnerable to cyber-attacks and scams.
Worries over the Virgin Media data breach are real
We are now representing a large number of people for compensation claims, as many victims of this event have worries over the Virgin Media data breach.
Victims who pursue a claim for compensation can be entitled to receive damages for any distress caused by the loss of control of their personal information. If losses and expenses have also been incurred, these can be included too. However, you can just claim for the distress alone.
As a leading firm of data breach and consumer action lawyers, we are supporting victims of the breach now. Here is how we can help you.
Who are Your Lawyers and what do we do?
We are Your Lawyers – a leading firm of UK data breach compensation and consumer action experts. We represent thousands of clients for legal cases, including against Virgin Media.
If you don’t know much about us and you want to know more about who we are, here is some useful information for you. We will answer key questions as follows: Who are Your Lawyers? What is it that we do? What is it about us that makes us experts in this complex and niche area of emerging law?
Compensation for Virgin Media cybersecurity data breaches
Victims of cybersecurity data breaches can be entitled, by law, to receive compensation, and this applies for the 900,000 victims of the recent Virgin Media event.
If we think that there is a case to answer, we can represent victims for legal cases on a No Win, No Fee basis. This means that our clients can benefit from the protection that we can offer in the event that a claim does not succeed. As a leading firm of data breach and consumer action lawyers, we think that this is really important.
If you have been affected by the Virgin Media data breach, read on for some guidance about how we may be able to help you today.
Virgin Media leak and claiming exposed database compensation
You could be eligible to make an exposed database compensation claim if you are one of the 900,000 victims of the leak event that was revealed earlier this year.
As a leading firm of data breach compensation and consumer action lawyers, we are representing clients now for cases on a No Win, No Fee basis. If you have yet to start your claim, you can do so quickly and easily here now. For a little more guidance and information, here is some useful things to know about how a case for this works.
We will answer key questions as follows: what do we mean when we talk about an exposed database compensation claim? When you launch a legal case, what are you actually claiming for? If you have been affected, where do you need to go for help?
Virgin Media event was an avoidable human error data leak
In some ways, the Virgin Media privacy breach that affected some 900,000 people has been classed as a human error data leak.
The reason for this is that the information was exposed due to a database being accessible online that was left unsecured. At some point, it was someone’s responsibility to secure that database, and they ultimately failed to do so.
However, there is much more to it than that. It is not as simple as classifying something as a “human error” and leaving it at that. What we do, as a leading firm of data breach compensation experts, is look beyond the human element. What we look at are the underlying causes.
GDPR compensation claims for Virgin Media victims
Victims of the Virgin Media data leak could be entitled to pursue GDPR compensation claims with our specialist team on a No Win, No Fee basis.
Those affected by this incident could be entitled to receive thousands of pounds in damages as this was a serious breach that has affected hundreds of thousands of victims. It was preventable and we consider that the GDPR has been breached, and this can allow the victims to receive damages.
Here is how we can help you and how you can join our compensation action for justice now.
Why claim data breach compensation for the Virgin Media leak?
You may be wondering: why claim data breach compensation? What is the point? Will it lead to anything? What good can come of it?
Importantly, the law can mean that you are entitled to receive compensation – so, why would you not use the law when it is there to serve you? Further, a great deal can come of it and, by pursuing a legal case, there is a huge amount of good that you could help to bring about as well.
Given the number of reasons there really are, we think it is less of a case of why claim data breach compensation, and more a case of why not?
