Changing figures A recent report from the Information Commissioner’s Office has shown a drop in the number of data security incidents reported between January and March 2020. The number of incidents was 2,626 compared to the 3,263 reported between January…
Mr Matthew McConville, the Head of our specialised Data Breach Department at Irvings Law has successfully represented a client in a data breach compensation claim against the Royal Borough of Greenwich Council. The said client wishes to be unnamed for…
Mr Matthew McConville, the Head of our specialised Data Breach Department at Irvings Law has successfully represented a client by the name of Mr Colin Shaw in a data breach compensation claim against Cheshire Constabulary. Discovery Sometime in 2018, Mr…
Discovery Irvings Law have successfully represented a client in a data breach compensation claim against Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS); the client wishes to remain anonymous for the purposes of this case report and as such will be…
Discovery The Head of our Data Breach department, Mr Matthew McConville, has successfully represented his client, Mr Mark Winstanley, in a data breach compensation claim against his previous employer, Veolia. In March or April 2019, Mr Winstanley was subject to…
The situation The Head of our Data Breach department, Mr Matthew McConville has successfully represented a male against a company whom were subject to a criminal cyber-attack a few months ago. The details of Mr McConville’s client and the company…
The Discovery On 24 January 2020, Mr Whitton’s former employers, 2K Polymer Systems were printing off Mr Whitton’s P45 together with another employee’s P45. As the printer was set on default double-sided printing, it resulted in the first page of…
Discovery The Head of our Data Breach department, Mr Matthew McConville has successfully represented a family of three in an action against Cardiff Council for their breach of the Data Protection Act 2018/General Data Protection Regulations 2018, a breach of…
Background Dan Higham (pictured) has successfully represented a client in an action against her former employer for breach of the General Data Protection Regulations 2018, a breach of Article 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998, a breach of confidence…
Damage to reputation Businesses’ reputations can be easily tarnished for a number of reasons, recently we are seeing a rise in data breaches which are having a negative impact. In line with this, regulators are now expanding their regulations in…
