The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a joint investigation into the 23andMe data breach with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC).
The following blog contains a list of some of the pension schemes and firms potentially impacted by the Capita data breach.
Here are some of the questions our data protection experts have been asked about our Capita data breach group action.
Genetics testing company 23andMe, has emailed customers to alert them to a data breach.
We have discovered that – as well as exposing the personal information of pension holders – the Capita data breach also affects their beneficiaries.
We now represent clients across 23 separate pension schemes, with more joining our action daily. In addition, two leading Unions have appointed us to provide legal assistance to their members.
Capita has now informed some of its employees that their personal data was also accessed by the criminals, believed to be part of Russian-based ransomware group Black Basta.
Pension holders are worried that the data stolen in the Capita hack could include their bank account details. Certainly, this has not yet been ruled out.
Partner Kingsley Hayes discusses in Law360 the High Court’s judgment in the Prismall v. Google case and its future implications for data privacy group litigation.
According to reports, on this occasion the security failure involved GP information, not pension data.
EnforcementKP Law has some of the most skilled data breach lawyers in England and Wales. Here are just some of our success stories.
KP Law is a founding member of the Collective Redress Lawyers Association (CORLA). CORLA aims to improve access to justice for claimants by way of collective redress.
