Claiming Compensation Under Data Protection Act

I used to work for a training company but left after the under handed techniques they used to get rid of my husband, so I left went off sick gave notice. They gave me an advance before I knew I was leaving, i had to go into an iva in april at the time of leaving. They called my iva this month to say that I had an office. That has upset me because they had no right to ring iva directly surely that's a breach of GDpr. Can I sue them for that. Thanks guys

Hello, Both myself and my husband was involved in a non fault accident in 2016 ,we both went through separate claims for injury , my husband is ans has cohersely controlled all my finances,and has been financially as well as emotionally and physically abusing me since 2010, due to having no control of my finances I still live with him effectively I'm stuck. Last year he was arrested for injuring me like a fool I dropped all charges as he would lose his job he has a very good job working with vulnerable adults,anyway to get back to my story , I was paid my claim for the accident in Nov 2017, as .y situation is so bad I didn't tell him and used it to pay off 2 debts , his claim has still not been settled as he is fighting for more money , basically the claim solicitors breached data protection and told him my claim was settled , when it was settled and for how much,and he is absoloutey fuming,he has made my life hell since finding out and is demanding money , I have complained to the solicitors for doing this all they did was apologise , can anyone help as to what my rights are they have put me in a terrible position , thank you x

A social worker sent a letter to me but to the wrong address regarding adoption plans for my daughter. The letter was opened by the other household.Can i complain and get compensation. If so how do I go about doing it?

Me and my wife work in the same company. The company now requested the passport and nin to be resubmitted from my wife as they are switching to a different system. She joined the company 3 years ago and as she had her passport and nin scanned when she was employed, we think the company lost her file. The file contains passport, nin, address, phone number, etc. We are worried that the file may be found and used for various purposes. Do we have a claim on that basis?

Our solicitor emailed our mortgage information including debt and payments to someone we don't know. They then emailed the same person a week later instead if us . They didn't report the breach and after several days of us chasing and worrying we has to submit a second complaint to the partner who finally responded 24 hours after -1 week after our initial complaint and several chase emails that although we were her priority she had been on holiday and had only been back in the office 3 days. She confirmed the email address our financial and address and full names had been sent to was valid but it was too late she then offered us half of the legal fees we had paid her back and 12 months Equifax. We said no, so she upped it as a gesture of good will to the full refund if fees - this was on Friday but we felt we needed to discuss it with someone who could advise us like the ICO as our info was still out there. On Monday we told her we were discussing it with a specialist on the Tuesday as we had an appointment. Our appointment was 430pm . Wednesday morning after little time to think it discuss she gave us an ultimatum that if we didn't accept the offer would be withdrawn. So we felt we had no choice. Today she has demanded we agree to not contact the legal ombudsman or ICO and sign a letter to them effect before she will release the Equifax or oyr refund. Where do we stand legally here? Thank you

I have noticed on my wage slip that a Court Order has been taken off my wage. As far as I am aware I have no court order outstanding and have not signed a consent form. Is my company in breach of data protection as they have given my NI number for this payment to be taken and I don't know who has this information.

My ex employer has me still listed on the company's Meet The Team page, with info about my personal hobbies and achievements. I have asked him to remove it as I left in February but he responds to my email with a snide comment and still hasn't taken it down, despite the fact I can see new employees now on the page who started after I had left. He is seeking to gain revenue by using my experience to attract clients to his company. I am also featured in a promo video on their site for which I never signed a consent form and now wish to be disassociated with. What can I do please?

My ex-partner put my email address down as a secondary email account for a credit reporting company (Equifax) for HIS credit report many years ago. I recently had a query with my report on a different website (Clear Score) and raised the query with them. They informed me that Equifax would investigate and come back to me, however Equifax responded to my query addressing it to my ex-partner, providing him access to my entire financial history which I had not given permission for. There were things on my report that I did not want my ex-partner to know about and now he has seen it all. Not only did they send the information to him, they even addressed the email to his name! This has caused me lots of distress and worry. My ex-partner may have given his authorization for them to use my email address as a back up to his report, but under no circumstances have I given permission. My personal finance information is just that, personal and a company who is meant to advise you on ways of keeping this information safe to avoid identity fraud has just provided it to someone so easily. Even after responding to their emails stating that they had made an error, they continued to reply to the email address of my ex-partner with me just cc’d in on the email.Can I get compensation for this breach, it has caused me lots of stress and worry, let alone tarnished my reputation.

Hello, Eon, informed my old landlady of a outstandingdept i had with them ( that was for a old property i lived in) it caused me ALOT of stress abd worry and not only do the landlords know about it so do others as they have spread the word. Do i have a claim? Many thanks Emma

I booked a holiday with friends and the company kept trying to make me the lead organiser which I repeatedly refused and emailed to say they were individual accounts. Finally i explained the reason why was because on previous holidays I have had to chase a person for money andeven paid myself and not been fully refunded. They then forwarded this email to the person and he was totally upset and has stopped talking to me. The company has chases and threatened him but he has not replied. They have copied me into their emails to him even though I have told them it is none of my business. They are now threatening to cancel all the holidays and keep nearly all of the money. Even though everyone else has paid in full and on time. Is this a breach of personal information and can we stop this occurring as it is their fault the animosity has happened.

A social work gave out a report of my family to another family they wrote me a letter addmitting they breached data protection can I claim compansation

I was recently included as a possible defendant in an employment tribunal although the pursuer and myself reached an agreement prior to proceedings..however it has come to light that the other defendant an aleo (of the company I work for) who employee our companies HR services passed the details via our HR to my employer..I now face a possible disciplinary process that may result in my dismissal do I have a case for breach of gdpr and possibly compensation.

Hello I called candy to register my warrenty for an appliance and during this registration I was asked if I was comfertable being contacted by third party companies I told them i was not comfortable and to not give my information out to anyone but then ten minutes after I got off the phone I had a phone call from a marketing company ontop of me asking them not to give my informatio out I asked them themselfs not to contact me via phone only to contact via email as I have anxiety and it can be verry distressing having unexpected phone calls after telling them this I feel violated and unable to trust them or anyone with my phone number do I have a case ?

I made a call tosocial servicesTo report a child being hurt , first they gave my name out after I said I wanted to stayAnonymous4 x times on the call . Then after this they gave out my full name and address three weeks after !!! They have offered me £250 compo but I have been under so much stress and fear for my safety now .

Hi, I have found a secret camera hidden in my place of work. I feel alarmed and none of the staff have been informed of the camera or it’s reasons. This is very distressing and against GDPR rules. Do I have a case ? Rgds

My comany was bought out via another company which I'm still working for. They have ask for all my personal information which my old company had. When questioned where all my information has gone I was told it has been lost and I must submit it all again. DBS. Insurance information ect. I'm very upset and worriedto where this information had gone and what if it's fell in to the wrong hands. Where do I stand ?

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Sorry we can't give individual advice on things like this.

A solicitor acting on my behalf with the CICA sent a highly sensitive medical report with historic and current information to neighbours property even though they had previously been told they had sent post to the wrong address. They want to offer me compensation but would like to know what is an acceptable amount?

A large insurance company is dealing with our landladys claim as our house flooded. We recently discovered that our landlady had a call from a police station and a folder had been handed in. In the folder was all the details of the claim including our address, where we work, the times we go to work and come home, pictures of our home with out contents in it, pictures of my car with my registration number, our mobile phone number, the fact we have foster children and their ages. Given the new GDPR legislation I am aware that this is a big problem for the company and that they could be fined. They are investigating the matter and have intimated that there will be compensation - my question is how much is a reasonable amount of compensation given the fact that they have basically given someone everything they would need to rob me? Thanks

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You should speak to a solicitor about how much compensation would be realistic. You would need to assess things like distress, time, inconvenience etc.

I recently had an ex girlfriend bothering me phoning me up calling round my parents a lot until finally I was forced to talk to her.I asked her how she found me and got my phone number, she told me she knows a member of staff at Oldham cash converters whoknows me he told her to call into the shop where he logged into my account and gave her my details. Ive complained to the head office where I was told there would be an investigation I later phoned and was told he was having a dissaplinary then all I was told is that he is now leaving the company.How do I pursue compensation and how much do I pursue.

Hi I'm wondering if you could possessive me some advise the NHS have actually changed my date of birth and it's wrong I'm always having trouble with going tothe doctors and hospitals as of the wrong date of birth and in some hospitalsort i have visited they have actually got my surname spelt wrong if you could please give me an answer on what to do that would be great

NHS lost my surgical procedure DVD and another professional within the hospital found it and gave to me by mistake. I later found that I did not consent for the procedure to be filmed. The hospital later apologised and acknowledged their negligence. I suffered psychological problems after watching that procedure as it was for my ectopic pregnancy. Can I make a claim?

Hi-I contacted social services to find out if there was any information they could provide on a case they were working on with my brother. I asked them to keep the conversation confidential to which they agreed. The social worker then told my brother that I had called them and told me that they were not aware of my request to keep the call confidential. I contacted the specific social worker again to complain and she apologised, then a week later used information we discussed in the second phone call as evidence in a family court, without my permission. I have raised a conplaint that was originally being dealt with informally, which I have declined and a formal investigation is underway. What options do I have with regards to compensationand how much should I pursue if the authority accept they have been negligent and breached my confidentiality? Thanks.

My husband is undergoing a series of tests at our local hospital and we have been sent personal details of different patients on TWO separate occasions. He is now very stressed as he is convinced that his data is not secure. We reported this to the PALs team who initially asked him to destroy all of the correspondence (an appointment letter & a procedure preparation prescription) which we have not done as we do not want to destroy any evidence. Should we contact the other parties involved and any recommendations?

Hi, I have just discovered that my local council has sent my annual council tax bill to my ex husbands address, disclosing my current address and my partners full name- I have been divorced for 7 years, after a very difficult divorce. He had no idea to my whereabouts, until now. The distress and anxiety this is now causing me is unbearable. Looking into the matter,I have discovered the local council in question has considerable history of data protection breaches. I have contacted a number of local solicitors in my area, who say they are unable to help with this matter. Do I have a case? If only to prevent someone going through this ordeal again and do I need a solicitor that specialises in data protection breach?

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It might be worth seeking advice from a legal professional if you're looking a financial claim for damages etc. If you simply want the social services department who worked on the case to be held accountable, you can contact the ombudsman

My children and I were moved to a safe house 100miles away from my abusive partner of 7years. He then fought through the family courts to try and gain access/contact with my children. The court ordered social services to carry out all sorts of reports on me, my children and their abuse father which is understandable. But then they contacted me accusing me or my family of passing our secret address on to our Abuser. After being accused of this for months and accusing me of emotional harm for allegedly doing this it came to light that intact social services themselves had past on th information. They had sent a copy of a report from the health visitor which clearly stated our info and whereabouts at the top of the report. Not only did it cause great distress the thought of him knowing our address they did absolutely nothing to move us as they were convinced it was me who had. I reported all their mid conduct to the complaint department only to be told that in fact they could not do anything or look into anything at the time as it may have affected the outcome of the court process......Ofcourse it would have, the court would find out what a bunch of incompetent idiots they were by sending our safe house address to our convicted abuser. Now courts over I’m wondering what can I do and what damages I can claim after suffering ptsd and continued abuse from the professionals that were supposed to help us?

Hi. With regard to compensation, if the claim for compensation relates to stress and/or anxiety, the same threshold for personal injury claims applies so if the injury is valued at less than £1,000 then it will be tracked into the Small Claims track otherwise it will be Fast or Multi Track, which is just a slightly different way the case is progressed. The government and the ABI (Assoc of British Insurers) would have you believe that a layperson can pursue a claim for compensation without the need for a solicitor, and I would have to agree that some claimants could do the claim themselves, however the majority of people would need some guidance and that it would be best practice to instruct a legal expert in this area. It is also very likely that your opponent will instruct a solicitor so to have equality of arms, it is advisable to use one yourself. If you have concerns about funding, some solicitors will pursue your claim for you on a Conditional Fee basis (often referred to as a 'No Win No Fee' Agreement) which essentially means that they will defer payment until the case has been settled in your favour and will often pursue the legal charges from the Data Controller (or in this scenario, the losing party).

I recently contacted my mental health out of hours service in a suicidal state. When they returned my call I recognised the voice as my partners step mother so I panicked and hung up as I didn't want to talk to her about what was bothering me. Nearly an hour later someone else called me and I spoke to her believing that what was said in that conversation was private and confidential between me and her. The NHS have investigated "Elaine"(partners step mother) and I have since found out that the lady I spoke to worked on a mental health ward as a senior nurse in the same hospital as Elaine. 3 hours later Elaine re-accessed my psychiatric file and read the notes taken from the phone call in which I spoke to the senior nurse (which I believed was between me and her). The gentleman investigating has since told me Elaine spent over an hour reading my file. Her reason for this was that she would have do a hand over of my care the next morning, which has left me very confused as to why the senior nurse didn't hand my care over the following day having been the person that I spoke to therefore the person responsible for handing over my care. Elaine knew exactly who I was and when she made the initial phone call she withheld her name in an attempt to have me speak to her. This lady has always had an issue with me for what ever reason and knowing she is walking around with my most private thoughts has left me feeling very violated and vulnerable. I'm having nightmares and sleep paralysis as a result of the stress and distress.Myself and my partner have split up twice as a result and our relationship has suffered greatly. It has taken the NHS 9 months to investigate but I still feel that I haven't had all the answers I need and want, this is such a long time for something like this to hang over me as an individual and as myself and my partners relationship. Is this worth putting in a claim for? If so any ideas what it might be worth?