Virgin Media action: compensation for a GDPR breach

The Virgin Media group action is a claim for compensation for a GDPR breach arising from the event that was discovered earlier this year.

Information was left unsecured for over 10 months between April 2019 and February 2020 before the leak was discovered. If you have not yet joined the action and you want to know more about what the action is and what you can claim for, here’s some advice for you.

We act for thousands of clients in over 45 separate group and multi-party actions, and our Virgin Media group is growing all the time.

Can you join the Virgin Media data breach action?

You could be eligible to claim compensation for a GDPR breach where your information has been misused or exposed through no fault of your own. If we can establish that the breach has arisen from negligence, we are usually confident in being able to succeed with a case.

When it comes to the Virgin Media data breach case, we are confident that we can establish that there has been a breach of the GDPR. If we can do this, and show that you have suffered as a result of the incident, you could be entitled to claim.

Claiming compensation for a GDPR breach

You can be eligible to claim compensation for a GDPR breach. The GDPR can allow a victim whose information has been misused or exposed to receive damages for any distress caused by the loss of control of their personal information. This is the underlying principle as to how you may have a valid legal case.

How we measure the distress that you have suffered can be based on factors such as:

• How much data is involved in a breach;
• Who information has been misused by, or exposed to;
• The nature of the data. The more personal and sensitive it is, the greater the impact can be.

We also account for the personal and individual impact as well. Different people can suffer different levels of distress, and we do take this into account. Generally speaking, the more you suffer, the more compensation for a GDPR breach you may be entitled to receive.

You can also be entitled to receive compensation for any losses and expenses as well. Importantly, you do not have to have suffered an actual loss or incurred expenses to claim, as you can claim for just the distress alone.

No Win, No Fee representation

We are fighting for justice for victims of the Virgin Media data breach right now on a No Win, No Fee basis. We are working in this way for the following two key reasons:

• We are huge believers in access to justice. We don’t think that it would be fair for you to pay upfront for a case or pay if the claim doesn’t win;
• We are confident that we can succeed with the action.

We recognise that many people would not even want to claim if they were to face a huge legal bill at the end of it and come away with no compensation at all.

As an experienced firm of leading consumer action and data breach lawyers, we know what it takes to win an action. That being said, it’s good to know that we work in this way which can give you more assurance that you know we will fight hard for your right to compensation.

After all, if we don’t succeed with your case, we can’t recover fees.

To start your case, just head over to the main section of the website here and get started now.

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