Southern water

richb007

I have signed with a solicitor acting on behalf of people who were effected.
Hown much compensation can I expect. £10.  £100.  £10000...??
Any ideas.

TadleyBaggie

Compensation for what?

richb007

Data breach 

la531983

£0.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

SiliconChip

la531983 said:

£0.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Possibly worse than that, the OP may have to contribute to ambulance-chasing solicitors costs if the "claim" is unsuccessful, which it probably will be.

Also, nothing at all to do with this board so should have been posted elsewhere (or nowhere).

ColdIron

You are being quite coy with the facts

What financial loss have you suffered?

Mark_d

richb007 said:

I have signed with a solicitor acting on behalf of people who were effected.
Hown much compensation can I expect. £10.  £100.  £10000...??
Any ideas.

You should change the passwords for all accounts where you've used the same password as your Southern Water account....assuming this is the data that was leaked.  You have suffered no direct loss as a result of what happened, so what do you want to be compensated for?

If you were overly anxious and pulling our hair out with worry, such that you needed to pay for professional counselling, then maybe you could claim these counselling costs as compensation

TadleyBaggie

Passwords don't  appear to have been compromised. These are the known elements compromised:

• Names 
• Dates of Birth 
• National Insurance numbers
• Bank account numbers and sort codes
• Reference numbers

p00hsticks

TadleyBaggie said:

Passwords don't  appear to have been compromised. These are the known elements compromised:

• Names 
• Dates of Birth 
• National Insurance numbers
• Bank account numbers and sort codes
• Reference numbers

What justification does a water company have for holding National Insurance numbers ?