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Welcome to this guide on data breach solicitors for Rhondda claims. If you have suffered financially or emotionally due to a data breach in Rhondda that happened due to the wrongdoing of an organisation, you could have a claim for compensation. In this useful guide, we explain how such claims work, and answer common questions that claimants could have about data breaches in Rhondda Valley, including:

  • How should organisations in Rhondda Wales deal with data processing law?
  • What is the role of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) when it comes to enforcing the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK- GDPR)?
  • What is a data protection breach and what can I do if my data has been breached?
  • Can I get compensation for a data breach?
  • How much compensation can you get for a breach of GDPR?
  • Why is searching for ‘data breach solicitors near me’ not always the best thing to do?
Data breach solicitors Rhondda

Data breach solicitors for Rhondda

We also explain how data breach solicitors could help claimants get compensation for a data breach under the UK GDPR, if they’ve been harmed by their data being exposed. At Legal Expert, we could provide data breach solicitors on a No Win No Fee basis, who could assist in fighting for the compensation you deserve. We could even offer free legal advice if you’re not sure whether the breach of your data could lead to a No Win No Fee claim. If you have questions about claiming, or would like to get started, please call 0800 073 8804. Otherwise, why not read the informative guide below.

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  1. A Guide To Data Breach Solicitors Who Could Help Claimants In Rhondda
  2. What Do We Mean By A Data Breach?
  3. How Do Different Types Of Data Breach Happen?
  4. How Many Data Breaches Happen Per Year?
  5. Do I Need To Claim With Data Breach Solicitors For Rhondda?
  6. Estimating What You Could Claim With Data Breach Solicitors For Rhondda
  7. No Win No Fee Claims For A Breach Of Your Data Privacy
  8. Get Specialist Help From Data Breach Solicitors For Rhondda
  9. Learn More About Data Protection Claims

A Guide To Data Breach Solicitors Who Could Help Claimants In Rhondda

Data breach solicitors for Rhondda claimants could assist with a number of different types of data breach claims. In this guide, we show how people could be harmed due to the wrongdoing of an organisation when it comes to data processing. We explain the role of data protection law, and how it could allow those who have suffered financially or emotionally to make compensation claims. In general terms, to make a claim for a data breach, you would need to prove the following:

  • An organisation that processes your personal data failed to take steps to keep this information safe.
  • You are within the statutory time limits.
  • You suffered financially, and/or psychologically due to the breach

The following sections explain the laws that protect your personal data. They also explain further how breaches of UK GDPR compliance could expose your data. Further to this, they reveal how much compensation for a GDPR data breach you could receive. We also reveal how data breach solicitors in the UK could assist you under a No Win No Fee agreement.

What Do We Mean By A Data Breach?

Lots of organisations, whether they are based in Mid Glamorgan, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, or other parts of the Rhondda Valley could process personal information about a data subject. If they process your personal data, they have certain legal responsibilities to protect it, under the UK General Data Protection Regulation.

In 2018 the EU brought out a new directive to protect a data subject’s data privacy rights. The General Data Protection Regulation which is an EU law looks to protect the personal information supplied by a data subject. This was enacted into UK law through the Data Protection Act 2018. However, the United Kingdom has left the EU, so the Data Protection Act 2018 has been updated and we use our own version of the GDPR.

  • A data breach is a security incident that means personal data has been lost, stolen, destroyed, disclosure or accessed without authority and with no lawful basis. This can be done accidentally or deliberately.
  • A data subject is someone who supplies their personal information to an organisation. This organisation is known as a data controller.
  • To hold a valid claim you must be able to prove that the data controller failed to protect your personal information. They must be liable for the data breach.

Before data breach solicitors for Rhondda will take on a case they must ensure that you are within the relevant time limits. Please read on to find out more information.

How Do Different Types Of Data Breach Happen?

While you might immediately think of cybercrime and hackers as the most likely source of data protection breaches, there are other causes. In fact, human error is a major cause of data breaches. Causes of GDPR data breaches could include:

  • An organisation faxes, e-mails or posts personal data to the wrong recipient
  • A member of staff fails to redact personal data from information they send to a third party
  • Someone within an organisation loses paperwork
  • An organisation fails to correctly dispose of data (whether computerised or on paper)

The ICO trends provide information about how data breaches occur. They give further insight into the causes of data breaches.

How Many Data Breaches Happen Per Year?

The ICO 2019 – 2022 statistics show some staggering figures. When it comes to the number of data breach reports the Information Commissioner’s Office received in this period, the following statistics stand out:

  • Out of almost 26,000 data breach incidents reported, fewer than 25% were cyber-related
  • Organisations sending e-mails to the wrong recipient caused around 4000 incidents
  • Data sent to the wrong recipient by fax or post caused around 3000 data breaches
  • The health sector was the hardest hit, with around 5000 reports recorded
  • This was followed by Education and Childcare with around 3500 breaches

Do I Need To Claim With Data Breach Solicitors For Rhondda?

‘What can I do if my data has been breached?’ There are some steps you could take if you believe you’ve been impacted by a data breach in Rhondda. A data breach solicitor could help you, but usually, you’d need to find out if your data has been exposed first. You could make a subject access request to the organisation you believe has exposed your data. You could write to any organisation in Rhondda, Wales, and ask for them to investigate.

If they don’t give you a satisfactory response, you could raise the issues with the ICO. For the ICO to investigate, they must know of your concerns within 3 months from any last meaningful contact with the data controller.

Can I get compensation for a data breach if I don’t make a report to the ICO?

You don’t have to make a report to the ICO regarding the organisation’s failure. You could use the services of data breach solicitors on a No Win No Fee basis to help you make data breach claims. A solicitor is not compulsory but may be very beneficial. However, not everyone could claim. You’d need to have had your data wrongfully exposed in a data protection breach and it would need to have harmed you.

We could assess your case without charge. If we believe you could have a strong chance of receiving data breach compensation, we could help. We could provide you with data breach solicitors for Rhondda claims under a No Win No Fee Agreement.

Estimating What You Could Claim With Data Breach Solicitors For Rhondda

‘How much compensation can you get for a GDPR data breach?’ The compensation for a data breach you could receive would vary. It could depend on the strength of your evidence of how a breach of data protection has harmed you. Data breach solicitors could carefully review all the evidence and fight for the maximum compensation for you. They could help you claim for both non-material and material damages.

  • Material damages are the financial effects of a data protection breach. If someone steals from you, for example, this could lead to material damages. Alternatively, or even additionally, you could receive damages to pay for the restoration of your credit file.
  • Non-material damages could be more difficult to quantify. They could relate to anxiety or PTSD you suffer after a breach of data protection. You may need medical evidence to claim for such damages for psychological injuries.

The table below illustrates some figures from the Judicial College. This gives a rough idea of how much compensation could be appropriate for psychological impacts relating to a breach of data protection. It could serve as an alternative to a compensation calculator.

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Injury JCG Guidelines Award Bracket (Approx) Severity
Psychological injury (General) £1,440 to £5,500 Less severe
PTSD £3,710 to £7,680 Less severe
Psychological injury (General) £5,500 to £17,900 Moderate
PTSD £7,680 to £21,730 Moderate
Psychological injury (General) £17,900 to £51,460 Moderately severe
PTSD £21,730 to £56,180 Moderately severe
PTSD £56,180 to £94,470 Severe
Psychological injury (General) £51,460 to £108,620 Severe

No Win No Fee Claims For A Breach Of Your Data Privacy

We have referred to making a No Win No Fee claim earlier in this guide. Whether you’re claiming against an employer or have suffered a data breach in Rhondda, the process remains the same. A No Win No Fee solicitor works on the condition that in order for them to get paid they must win the case. The process works as follows:

  • Data breach lawyers send you a Conditional Fee Agreement. This is a document containing details of the success fee you will pay if your claim results in data breach compensation.
  • You sign and send it back
  • Your data breach claim solicitors begin working on your claim. They aim to negotiate for the maximum compensation possible.
  • Compensation comes through and they take out their success fee from your payout. The balance is for your benefit.
  • If no data breach compensation is achieved, you don’t pay your lawyer’s costs.

Could I Make a No Win No Fee claim with data breach solicitors covering Rhondda?

Before you could go ahead and hire a solicitor under a Conditional Fee Agreement, your solicitor would need to know your case had a favourable chance of success.

To do so, they would have to check that:

  • You were claiming within the relevant time limit – This is stipulated by the Limitation Act 1980. In general cases, you’d usually have 6 years. However, if the case involved public bodies, it could only be 1 year you’d have to start a claim.
  • The data breach in Rhondda happened due to the wrongdoing of a data controller or processor
  • Your personal data was exposed
  • You suffered non-material/material harm because of the breach

Get Specialist Help From A Data Breach Solicitor For Rhondda

If you’re under the assumption that you have to search for ‘data breach solicitors near me’ to find suitable help for your claim, this isn’t the case.

Some of the best data breach solicitors for Rhondda claims could handle claims from elsewhere in the UK.

In fact, we would be delighted to provide you with No Win No Fee data breach solicitors no matter where you’re based. Our service comes with great reviews, and we’d like to help you get the compensation you deserve. To get in touch, simply:

Learn More About Data Protection Claims

A Guide To Local Authority Data Breach Claims – Find out whether you could claim against the Local Authority here.

A Full Guide On Data Breach Compensation – Here is our general guide on making data protection breach claims.

NHS Data Breach – Making a claim against the NHS? Find out how to do so here.

The General Data Protection Regulation – The full document containing the GDPR legislation.

ICO – Have They Taken Action  – Information regarding actions the ICO takes.

Find A Data Controller – You can find information about data controllers with this search function.

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