Capita class action: 2,000 folks affected by data theft sign up The number of claimants signing up to a collective action against Capita over the infamous March cyber security break-in and subsequent data exposure keeps going up, according to the lawyer overseeing the case. Manchester-based Barings Law dispatched a legal Letter of Claim to Capita concerning the breach in June after …
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Since it's fashionable to double down these days, I will.
We do not have class action lawsuits in the UK. We do have Group Litigation orders as the link I provided explains.
However if Class Actions lawsuits in the US are a cat, then Group litigation orders in the UK are an orange. That is different.
Especially on a site infested with people whose livelihoods rely on the precise use of language I expect better.
As a member of one of the pension schemes involved I would be interested in this. If it was not for the fact that Barings a lot of scamming bastards that ignore TPS and GDPR regulations and the Solicitors Regulation Authority do not give a fuck either.
Angry of Tunbridge Wells
"Capita strongly rejects any suggestion that there is any valid basis for bringing claims against it as a result of the cyber incident."
- You promised to securely store personal data.
- That personal data was illegally accessed and stolen.
That sounds like a pretty solid valid basis to me - It's about time companies like this stopped taking all the profits, and passing on all the liabilities.
Have over the 25 years of my it career come across these fly by nights a number of times, everytime it's been stories of measuring none cut ten, corner cutting and in one account where my other half was working for them, outright criminality.
Each time I'm left thinking, close shave ..thank gawd I don't have to deal with their crap on a regular basis.... oh how I laughed when I got a letter from my pensions administrator to inform me of my inclusion in the breach. My fastidious pii handling skills honed through fear of being a victim of id theft were wasted efforts obv.
The letter sent out by the capita team had the incorrect sign up details for a "complimentary" year subscription to experian's "credit file" checker.
This would be great if there weren't two other providers of credit score that are used when people ask to rent a car or sign up for anew credit card or take out new insurance.....
Had the summer to contemplate this rubbish with no further updates about the breach or how they secure changes to my pension to ensure only I can instruct to cash it in or transfer it.....not that I want to yet.
I'm not a litigious, but I'm all for this class action suit.
Where does one sign up ?
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