In August 2019, over 750 annual benefit statements were sent to the wrong postal addresses. These statements were for police officers of Sussex Police.
Equiniti, a company that provides support, communications and technology platforms to help manage company pensions, was responsible for distributing these statements.
The police annual benefit statements compromised in this breach included the following information:
This is a huge amount of personal and highly sensitive data. And the damage that could be caused should this fall into the wrong hands should not be underestimated.
KP Law has launched a group action against Equiniti. Group actions can be a powerful tool and can have a bigger impact than a single claim.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE EQUINITI DATA BREACH, WE CAN HELP YOU MAKE A NO-WIN, NO-FEE CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION.
474 British police officers have recently issued a compensation claim in the High Court against Paymaster 1836, the pensions part of Equiniti Group, which provides pensions services to 70% of FTSE 100 companies. The claim, which has been issued by specialist group action law firm Keller Lenkner UK, is estimated to be worth in excess of £1 million.
When news of this breach broke, the Police Federation told victims of this data breach that they did not have a claim. We disagreed with the assessment and started a test case against Equiniti.
Find out more about making a group action claim for compensation.
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On or around the 27th August 2019, over 750 annual benefit statements were sent to the wrong postal addresses. These statements were for police officers of Sussex Police.
Equiniti, a company that provides support, communications and technology platforms to help manage company pensions, was responsible for distributing these statements.
On 7th August 2019, Sussex Police had provided Equiniti with the correct, updated contact address details for these officers. These should have been updated on the relevant database. But, while the relevant office details were changed, home addresses were not. So, when it came to posting the pension statements, many were sent to the wrong house.
The police annual benefit statements compromised in this breach included the following information:
This is a huge amount of personal and highly sensitive data. And the damage that could be caused should this fall into the wrong hands should not be underestimated. Criminals are perfectly capable of committing both identity fraud and financial theft with this information.
It is thought that over 750 Sussex police officers have been affected by this breach. A data breach is a serious failure, and it looks like Equiniti has neglected to protect these officers’ privacy rights. If your data was involved in this breach, you might be able to make an Equiniti compensation claim.
To join our Equiniti data breach group action compensation claim, you will need to register with us. This guarantees that you will form part of the compensation claims that will be lodged by us.
Yes, we are representing our clients on a no-win, no-fee basis.
While each case is judged on its own merits, there are some things we would typically look for when it comes to when claiming compensation following a data breach, cybercrime or other GDPR violation:
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GDPR failures, cybercrime and data breaches can have a significant impact on you, both mentally and physically. They can cause or exacerbate anxiety, stress and other psychological conditions.
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