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Old Sep 10, 2018, 4:09 am
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Steve_ZA
 
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Originally Posted by pomkiwi
Meanwhile the Times is reporting that 'the legal firm SPG said yesterday that it was seeking compensation on behalf of passengers for "the inconvenience, distress and misuse" of their private information'.

Link (but behind a paywall): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/n...data-6hkmz9zmc

The report suggests that law firm believes that each passenger may be able to claim £1250.
Looks like this will be a new opportunity for all those PPI claim firms when that well dries up next August … "Have you suffered a GDPR data breach? Did you know you can claim £1250? No Win, No Fee!".

It has been noted upthread that a data breach doesn't automatically entitle the individuals affected any form of compensation, I'm fairly sure that the good people of SPG know this too.
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