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Phone returned to Samsung for repair under warranty, phone delivered to complete stranger
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And I might add an Honest stranger who has helped you greatly and no doubt lessened your distressAylesbury_Duck said:Slim to no chance of compo. It shouldn't have happened, it's annoying, a stranger knows that someone with your name lives at your address and owns a phone. It's not the end of the world.
Report the breach, let them correct the error and ask nicely if they'll do anything for the inconvenience. You might get a voucher or something.
I suspect that there is zero chance that either Samsung the ICO is going to care much about this unfortunately
Hard as it may be I would just let this go if your first contact with Samsung yields no fruit
I say this having a relation who has Aspergers so I fully understand your need for coping mechanisms
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