{"id":1657,"date":"2018-09-21T16:30:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T15:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.groupactionlawyers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1657"},"modified":"2018-09-21T09:43:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T08:43:42","slug":"british-airways-data-breach-compensation-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groupactionlawyers.co.uk\/blog\/british-airways-data-breach-compensation-action","title":{"rendered":"British Airways data breach compensation action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve launched a British Airways data breach compensation action after the revelation that the data for 380,000 payment cards has been compromised.<\/p>\n<p>British Airways should have notified all victims to confirm that they\u2019ve been affected by the breach by now. The breach period took place between 10.58pm on 21 August 2018 and 9:45pm on 5 September 2018. If you made a payment during this period, you may be affected.<\/p>\n<p>The British Airways data breach compensation action is one of dozens of group action cases our lawyers are, and have been, engaged in. For help and advice now, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.groupactionlawyers.co.uk\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">please contact the team<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>About the British Airways data breach<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The British Airways data breach was revealed earlier this month when the airline admitted that they had been hit to a hack. Although the full details about how this happened have yet to be confirmed, it appears that payment data has been digitally skimmed.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re confident we can win the legal action we&#8217;ve launched. The new GDPR that came into force in May set out the duties companies have to protect data. We suspect that more could have been done, and that this breach was preventable.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unusual for full payment card data to be comprised. In the British Airways data breach, the exposed data included full card numbers, expiry dates and security codes (CVV). The personal details of passengers were also exposed.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Are you eligible to claim in the British Airways data breach compensation action?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You may be eligible to claim in the British Airways data breach compensation action if you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have been told you have been affected;<\/li>\n<li>Made or changed a booking during the breach period (0.58pm on 21 August 2018 and 9:45pm on 5 September 2018).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you used PayPal, it may be the case that your personal details have still been compromised. Apple Pay customers are thought not to be affected, as is anyone who booked through a travel agency.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you made any adjustments that required you to enter card information (such as paid seat reservations or in-flight meals), you may be affected.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Join the British Airways data breach compensation action today<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You can join the British Airways data breach compensation action we have launched. It\u2019s easy to join today.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re representing victims on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.groupactionlawyers.co.uk\/no-win-no-fee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>No Win, No Fee basis<\/strong><\/a> because we\u2019re confident we can win the legal action.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.groupactionlawyers.co.uk\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Please get in touch with us for specialist help and advice.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve launched a British Airways data breach compensation action after the revelation that the data for 380,000 payment cards has been compromised. British Airways should have notified all victims to confirm that they\u2019ve been affected by the breach by now. The breach period took place between 10.58pm on 21 August 2018 and 9:45pm on 5 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.groupactionlawyers.co.uk\/blog\/british-airways-data-breach-compensation-action\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">British Airways data breach compensation action<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[79,80],"tags":[71,81],"class_list":["post-1657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-data-group-actions","category-group-actions","tag-data-breach","tag-group-action"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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