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What happened to cause a data breach at Hockley Medical Practice?
A cyber attack has meant that the medical data of thousands of patients could have been accessed at the Hockley Medical Practice. After the breach was discovered, the GP practice contacted all adult patients to inform them that their medical records may have been hacked.
Staff at the Birmingham-based Hockley Medical Practice, based in the Jewellery Quarter, responded after being made aware of the possible cyber attack and under the GDPR were obligated to inform patients that they may have breached their patient data. The Information Commissioner’s Office were, as required, also informed of the breach.
Some patients are reported to have received phishing emails, purportedly from the NHS, which contained some of their personal details and were clearly attempts to get more information from them by requesting they click on questionable links. Warnings were provided to patients from the NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group, advising that people should never provide financial details, pins or passwords via email, and that they shouldn’t click on any links in suspicious emails they may receive.
Details of the sensitive personal information accessed by the hack have not been fully disclosed, but anyone affected could potentially claim under the General Data Protection Regulation for compensation for inconvenience, distress, annoyance and loss of control of your data.
At a glance ...
8,839
8,839
patients are registered at the surgery
1000s
1000s
of text messages have been sent to all adults on their books informing them of the breach
10x
10x
stolen medical information can be worth up to 10 times more than credit card numbers when sold by hackers on the black market
Ask yourself: has your information or data been ...
Data is lost, stolen or hacked
Data is inaccurately stored or out-of-date
Data is held longer than required
Data is used outside of its stated purpose
Data is made public
Data is disclosed without your express permission
Data is maliciously disclosed
Data is used to obtain credit cards fraudulently
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The biggest data breaches
Data breaches have been increasing both in terms of number and the amount of people affected. Many big companies have been affected resulting in some very large scale breaches and compensation pay outs.
No. of records compromised
900,000
Date
Between April 2019 and 28th February 2020
Typical claim value
£5,000
What happened?
A Virgin Media database containing the personal details of 900,000 people was left unsecured and accessible online for 10 months
No. of records compromised
515,000
Date
Between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2016
Typical claim value
£3,000
What happened?
Due to systemic failures in its cyber security systems, Yahoo suffered a series of system hacks by organised crime groups
No. of records compromised
400,000
Date
September 2018
Typical claim value
£2,000
What happened?
A breach of its security systems led to customers having their personal data leaked
No. of records compromised
339 million
Date
2014
Typical claim amount
£3,000
What happened?
Marriott International suffered a cyber attack in 2014 (beginning in the systems of the Starwood hotels group that it acquired in 2016) affecting millions of its guests, yet the incident was not discovered until four years later
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Can I make a Hockley Medical Practice data breach claim?
If you’ve been a victim of a data breach then yes, it is likely you can make a claim. Usually you will have been informed by the business or organisation, possibly by email, that there has been a data breach.
In other instances there may be a group litigation claim whereby a large number of customers can be part of a collective claim, for example when a data breach occurs between a set time period. If you were a customer during this time, then it is quite possible that you have been affected by the data breach.
If you have been a victim of a data breach then you may be entitled to compensation. Even if the breach has not led to any specific loss to you, you are still entitled to claim compensation for distress and inconvenience caused by a data breach.
How do I make a Hockley Medical Practice data breach claim?
If you think you may have a valid Hockley Medical Practice data breach claim then get in touch with us and we will look into it for you and then confirm whether or not you have a case worth pursuing.
If we think you have a valid claim, we will act for you on a No Win, No Fee basis. This means that there is no risk to you in making a claim and there is no cost to you in the unlikely event we take on your claim and you don’t win.
We can help you receive the maximum amount of compensation for your medical data breach claim, so if you’ve received notification from Hockley Medical Practice that you were one of those affected by the cyber hack, or are now aware that your personal data may have been compromised, be sure to Start a Claim with us. There are time limits for making healthcare data breach claims, so don’t miss out.
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Commonly asked questions
An organisation is required under GDPR to inform you if they have breached your personal data in any way, and typically the first you might hear about it would be an email from the company concerned. Despite this, you may not know about a data breach by a particular company until you hear that they have been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office ICO. When you contact us, we’ll get in touch with the company in question and use any information available from the ICO to establish whether your data has been breached.
If an organisation has failed to protect your data, you are entitled to claim compensation regardless of whether you have suffered any losses or not. We can make a claim on your behalf for anguish or anxiety caused by a data breach, but if you have suffered financial harm as a direct result of the breach, the amount of compensation you might be able to claim would likely be far greater.
Each data breach claim will be looked at on its own merits, but in most cases where a claim for distress has been made, the minimum level of damages would usually be in the region of a £1,000. Much depends on the circumstances of the breach and any impact. Where the data breach has caused significant financial loss or the leak of highly sensitive personal data, then the level of compensation could be significantly higher.
We work on a No Win, No Fee basis, so this means that if your claim is not successful, you will not owe us a thing. Only in the event of a successful compensation claim would you be required to pay us a percentage of your settlement, so there is absolutely no risk involved in making a data breach claim.
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