Data breach compensation

Confusedandtired

I recently saw this advert.  I assume this company take a cut of any compensation they secure.
Does anyone know if their claims are true - am I likely to be able to get compensation?  And if so is there a way to claim
myself, thus avoiding losing a cut to the middle men?

elsien

https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/data-protection-and-journalism/taking-your-case-to-court-and-claiming-compensation/

You may want to take note of the bit that says if you fail to show you have suffered damage or distress, you will not get compo and costs could be awarded against you. 

You would need to contact the company with a complaint first, then take it from there. 

Sandtree

Confusedandtired said:

I recently saw this advert.  I assume this company take a cut of any compensation they secure.
Does anyone know if their claims are true - am I likely to be able to get compensation?  And if so is there a way to claim
myself, thus avoiding losing a cut to the middle men?

If you have suffered a loss as a consequence then you can claim back that loss

You will be required to sign paperwork for the company to act on a no win no fee basis, this can include signing a credit agreement. Unfortunately people dont understand no win no fee and think it means that unless they win they'll not have to pay anything. In reality disbursements can at times be payable in the event of a loss and fees are often fully payable if you decide to discontinue the action or are shown to have fabricated a loss/the case. 

In the unlikely event you do win then their fees kick in, as this isnt a personal injury case, where they are capped at 25%, then the fees will be whatever the agreement says and could exceed the value of the claim.

You can always make a claim yourself, there is no legal requirement for representation and indeed the small track (up to £10k in most non-injury cases) is intended to be simple to deal with but you'd need to know how to construct your argument and evidence what losses you've sustained. 

With many of these there is a lot of evidence gathering, some fees from people who pull out because they find the process too intrusive or excessively time consuming and the thing then never goes anywhere because the defendant doesnt just roll over. You are then put on the sucker list and will be actively engaged on all future potential miss-selling etc cases, have you had an accident, write off your debts etc call list 

longjohnjohnson

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SpiderLegs

Surely nobody falls for rubbish like this anymore.