Virgin Media data breach – join our claim for compensation

The Virgin Media data breach saw the exposure of 900,000 UK people’s personal data, all of whom may be eligible to join our claim for compensation.

As specialists in data breach law, we believe that it is unacceptable that Virgin Media endangered private information, given that they have a legal duty to keep this data safe. Data controllers have an ongoing responsibility to protect the personal data entrusted to them, but too often they neglect this duty. When these organisations fail to prepare for external cybersecurity and cyber exposure threats, the blame can fall on them. They can, therefore, be held liable for the damage caused under the law.

If you were notified of your involvement in the Virgin Media data breach, you may be able to claim compensation for the harm caused – use our online form to sign up today.

What could victims claim for?

The information exposed in the Virgin Media data breach included email addresses, postal addresses and phone numbers. This information was all made vulnerable after staff failed to secure a marketing database, leaving it open to unauthorised access for a ten-month period. As a result, the victims were exposed to a number of security risks if the information has fallen into malicious hands. This could include phishing emails that are designed to extract further data such as bank account details, and scam calls.

Beyond the material financial threat, the psychological cost of a data breach can be severe. It can be scary to know that your information could be in the hands of criminals, and one data breach can lead to further anxiety about any number of possible data security threats.

Data protection can account for the financial and the emotional impact of a data breach, meaning that victims can be eligible to claim for distress and for losses and expenses. It is not necessary to have been impacted by both of these factors to make a claim. In fact, many of our clients only claim for distress that they have suffered from.

Join our claim before the deadline

While we are determined to help as many Virgin Media data breach victims as possible, it is important to join our claim as soon as you can.

If court proceedings ensue, the court may impose a claimant deadline to join. It is common for the court to set a deadline for joining group actions in order to ensure efficiency. In fact, it is important to get the process going to ensure claimants can receive their compensation pay-outs as soon as possible.

Start your claim today

To join our claim today, we only need confirmation that you were notified of your involvement in the Virgin Media data breach. A few simple contact details can be all we need to get your claim underway.

With experience across data breach claims and group actions, we are well equipped to bring your claim to fruition. Our reputation is such that we have recently been appointed to the Steering Committee responsible for the group action against British Airways, the first GDPR Group Litigation Order in England and Wales. We strongly believe that organisations must answer for the harm they cause when they fail to protect personal data, so join out group action today to begin your fight for justice.

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