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Council print disciplinary paperwork to communal office printer accessible by all employees

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

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Cheshire Constabulary instigate criminal proceedings against the wrong person

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

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HMCTS unlawfully disclose personal details to neighbour

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

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Disciplinary paperwork sent to incorrect address

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

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Company cyber-attacked but successful claimant’s data not actually breached

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

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Double-sided printing error

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

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Single mother and children’s personal data breached by Cardiff Council

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

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Employee’s details left on cleaning trolley

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

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Digital World: Trust and Data Protection

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

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Hallmark Card PLC unlawfully allows access to employees’ personal information

The Discovery On 13 February 2020, a number of former employees for Hallmark Cards PLC received a letter from their former employer to inform them that their data had been breached as a document containing their personal details including: Name

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