Broadband outages cost the UK £5bn in lost WFH time
Broadband providers’ claims that they were ready for the unprecedented demand from Brits working from home were a nonsense, with…
Compensation
Lawyers claim victory as BA agrees data breach payout
British Airways has finally agreed to cough up compensation to thousands of customers affected by the 2018 data breach, according to the…
Ofcom warns Virgin Media to ‘up its game’ over payouts
Ofcom has been forced to intervene following a major customer backlash against Virgin Media, amid claims the company has reneged…
Now Experian is facing £34bn class action thunderbolt
A new court case is threatening to pile even greater pressure on Experian over its direct marketing data practices, through…
Lawyers launch TV blitz to woo claimants for BA action
Compensation lawyers are ratcheting up their offensive to convince up to 500,000 victims of the British Airways data breach to…
Ticketmaster rips up data breach compensation claims
Ticketmaster is refusing to pay all compensation claims from its 2018 data breach, arguing it is not liable for many…
Now Salesforce and Oracle face UK privacy class action
Salesforce and Oracle are set to join Facebook, easyJet, TalkTalk, Virgin Media and Google and be summoned to the High…
Virgin Media has 4 weeks to settle breach case ‘or else’
Virgin Media has been given four weeks to admit liability for a major data breach, which left customers’ details freely…
Give data breach victims more power, ministers urged
The Government should activate a clause in UK legislation to give data breach victims stronger rights for legal redress against firms who lose…
Dentists bare teeth against BDA in breach legal action
A group of British dentists are not waiting for the Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate a recent hack attack on their industry…