Virgin Media breach and recovering data security compensation

The digital age has brought with it significant threats to personal data, which has now become a highly prized commodity for cybercriminals and fraudsters. Unfortunately, many third-party organisations can underestimate just how valuable this information is, and they may fail to protect it in the manner it deserves. If your data has been endangered by a negligent company, you may be eligible to claim data security compensation, and this is the case in the Virgin Media breach incident.

Your right to proper data protection is enshrined in law, meaning that those found to be in breach of this right can be taken to task for any harm that they have caused. The situation is no different for victims of the Virgin Media data breach, many of whom have already joined our group action to begin their fight for justice.

If you would like to join their ranks and sign up for representation with a reliable and knowledgeable firm of leading data breach and group action lawyers, simply use one of our online forms to confirm your eligibility now.

The cost to data security in the Virgin Media data breach

The Virgin Media data breach was provoked by an error that we believe represents a failure of the most fundamental requirements of data protection law. After neglecting to secure a marketing database containing email addresses, home addresses and phone numbers, Virgin Media exposed information that belonged to 900,000 people for a worryingly long ten-month period.

Virgin Media reported that the data had been accessed at least once by an unknown third-party. This occasion may have been a cybercriminal who could have reaped extensive information for malicious purposes. With the exposed data, they could be granted the power to target victims with fraudulent communication, including phone call scams and phishing emails, which are often routes to accessing further personal data.

Anyone who accessed the Virgin Media database could also have chosen to put the data up for sale on the dark web.

Making a data security compensation claim

Many people may be unsure of what we mean by data security compensation claims, which is why it is important to highlight that there is one important factor that can determine your potential to claim in our Virgin Media group action. All you need to claim is a notification from Virgin Media that you were involved in the data breach and we could start your claim from there.

Beyond claiming solely for involvement in the breach, victims could also be eligible to claim compensation for any distress suffered as a result of the incident. We understand that stress and anxiety about security risks can often be among the worst potential consequences of a data breach, and this can typically make up the majority of compensation pay-outs. However, victims can also use a data security compensation claim to recover money for financial losses and expenses resulting from the data breach to ensure that they are reimbursed for any actual losses.

Start your fight against data protection negligence

Accepting the effects of a data breach without justice is not an option in our view, so we encourage Virgin Media victims to make a data security compensation claim. This is not only for personal benefit, but a claim can also be for punishing Virgin Media under data protection law to dissuade the company – and others – from committing the same mistakes.

If you think you are eligible to claim, use our sign-up form here now to start your claim so we can get the ball rolling and initiate your fight for justice.

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