MSE News: Data hacking victims should have help claiming compensation, report finds 20 June 2016 at 5:27PM in Broadband & internet access 2 replies 1.2K views

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Victims of data breaches may soon find it easier to claim compensation following a parliamentary report...

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Ectophile

Clearer upfront info on cancelling contracts in the event of a data breach. Telecoms companies have been told they should clarify, in simple language for consumers, if financial losses as a result of a data breach would be sufficient grounds to terminate a contract early – so potential customers can make an informed choice when choosing a service or product.

In reality, it's a safe bet that every company would opt out of this provision, giving consumers no choice. The opting out would be buried deep in the T&Cs, in obscure language.

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Ectophile wrote: »

In reality, it's a safe bet that every company would opt out of this provision, giving consumers no choice. The opting out would be buried deep in the T&Cs, in obscure language.

I was going to say the exact same thing.

All that will happen is they'll bury a clause in the T&C's stating that you can't cancel because they were negligent in data security.

More toothless stick-waving from the government.