{"id":730,"date":"2018-11-27T10:09:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T10:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/?p=730"},"modified":"2018-11-27T10:09:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T10:09:57","slug":"claiming-for-a-police-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach","title":{"rendered":"Claiming for a police data breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We can help you if you need to make a claim for compensation as a result of a police data breach. Public sector breaches can be common, and we often help people in this area.<\/p>\n<p>Our Data Breach Lawyers are actively involved in a number of individual data breach claims. This includes police data breach compensation cases. This is in addition to the over 20 different data breach actions we\u2019re also representing people in.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re specialist data breach lawyers, so if you\u2019ve suffered as a result of a police data breach, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/can-i-claim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we can help you<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Can you claim for a police data breach?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You are entitled to bring a claim for a police data breach. Just because it\u2019s the police doesn\u2019t mean you are not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/can-i-claim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>entitled to compensation<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The police have the same duties as anyone else in terms of rights to make a claim for compensation. In the hands of the police, your data is still subject to the same laws and safeguards.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What do you claim for?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In a police data breach claim you typically claim for any distress caused. You could also claim for financial losses if they have taken place as well.<\/p>\n<p>The distress element is important here. The police have a lot of very personal and incredibly sensitive data in their possession. If your personal and sensitive data has been misused or leaked, you\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/can-i-claim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>entitled to claim compensation<\/strong><\/a> for any distress caused.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How does a police data breach claim work?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you instruct us to represent you for your police data breach claim, you can practically leave the legwork to us.<\/p>\n<p>When we have all the relevant information about the breach and how it\u2019s affected you, together with any evidence you do have, we can pursue the case on your behalf.<\/p>\n<p>We can do this on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/no-win-no-fee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>No Win, No Fee basis<\/strong><\/a>. This means that, if the case doesn\u2019t win, we can waive our legal fees. With this offer, you don\u2019t have to worry about paying for expensive legal fees in the event the case fails to succeed.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Get in touch today for help<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You can speak to our team today for help on an entirely free and no-obligation basis.<\/p>\n<p>If we think we can help you, we can offer you our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/no-win-no-fee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>No Win, No Fee guarantee<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re happy to instruct us, we could get the ball rolling for the case on the same day you speak to us as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can help you if you need to make a claim for compensation as a result of a police data breach. Public sector breaches can be common, and we often help people in this area. Our Data Breach Lawyers are actively involved in a number of individual data breach claims. This includes police data breach &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Claiming for a police data breach<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,48],"tags":[7,49],"class_list":["post-730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-police-data-breaches","tag-personal-data","tag-police-data-breach"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Claiming for a police data breach - Data Breach Lawyers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We can help you if you need to make a claim for compensation as a result of a police data breach. Public sector breaches can be common.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Claiming for a police data breach - Data Breach Lawyers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We can help you if you need to make a claim for compensation as a result of a police data breach. Public sector breaches can be common.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Data Breach Lawyers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-27T10:09:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/police.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matt\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8268f2eb7215625a8facfaa4240dec03\"},\"headline\":\"Claiming for a police data breach\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-27T10:09:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach\"},\"wordCount\":422,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/police.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Personal Data\",\"Police Data Breach\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Latest\",\"Police Data Breaches\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach\",\"name\":\"Claiming for a police data breach - Data Breach Lawyers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/police.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-27T10:09:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"We can help you if you need to make a claim for compensation as a result of a police data breach. Public sector breaches can be common.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/police.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/police.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"police data breach\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Claiming for a police data breach\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Data Breach Lawyers\",\"description\":\"Latest News, Articles &amp; Opinions\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Data Breach Lawyers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i2.wp.com\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/data_breach_logo.png?fit=250%2C80&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i2.wp.com\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/data_breach_logo.png?fit=250%2C80&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":80,\"caption\":\"Data Breach Lawyers\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8268f2eb7215625a8facfaa4240dec03\",\"name\":\"Matt\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\\\/news\\\/author\\\/matt\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Claiming for a police data breach - Data Breach Lawyers","description":"We can help you if you need to make a claim for compensation as a result of a police data breach. Public sector breaches can be common.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Claiming for a police data breach - Data Breach Lawyers","og_description":"We can help you if you need to make a claim for compensation as a result of a police data breach. Public sector breaches can be common.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach","og_site_name":"Data Breach Lawyers","article_published_time":"2018-11-27T10:09:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/police.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Matt","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matt","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach"},"author":{"name":"Matt","@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8268f2eb7215625a8facfaa4240dec03"},"headline":"Claiming for a police data breach","datePublished":"2018-11-27T10:09:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach"},"wordCount":422,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/police.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1","keywords":["Personal Data","Police Data Breach"],"articleSection":["Latest","Police Data Breaches"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach","url":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach","name":"Claiming for a police data breach - Data Breach Lawyers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/police.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1","datePublished":"2018-11-27T10:09:57+00:00","description":"We can help you if you need to make a claim for compensation as a result of a police data breach. Public sector breaches can be common.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/police.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/police.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":300,"caption":"police data breach"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/claiming-for-a-police-data-breach#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Claiming for a police data breach"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Data Breach Lawyers","description":"Latest News, Articles &amp; Opinions","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/#organization","name":"Data Breach Lawyers","url":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/data_breach_logo.png?fit=250%2C80&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/data_breach_logo.png?fit=250%2C80&ssl=1","width":250,"height":80,"caption":"Data Breach Lawyers"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8268f2eb7215625a8facfaa4240dec03","name":"Matt","url":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/author\/matt"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/police.png?fit=1200%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":733,"href":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions\/733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.databreachlawyers.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}