Have you been ‘diagnosed with a psychological condition’ after the 2018 BA data breach?

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• Will says:

  6 Mar6 March 13:52

  This is all a bit ridiculous, however I will keep going back to the point myself that BA were supposed to be looking after your data, and they did not.

  No customers agreed for BA to be so cavalier with their data and as such I do consider there to be a case to answer here.

  It’s modest in my opinion, and basically down to time spent cancelling cards/changing passwords where there was no direct loss attributable to the breach but it is real and it’s important big companies understand their obligations.

  BA absolutely did not act competently and responsibly with respect to this and it’s not as if data protection wasn’t a big need story, they should have a department allocated to it given their size.

  Hopefully the judge will dismiss any psychological harm from this as nonsense and issue all claim ends simply with a few hours of their time as compensation.

  • Paul says:

    7 Mar7 March 17:33

    You are aware tht if you lose the case BA will be awarded costs.

• kitten says:

  6 Mar6 March 16:21

  Do lawyers actually aspire to this kind of work when they are in law school?

  • Jason Moran says:

    6 Mar6 March 17:24

    As a lawyer, just out of law school, I removed myself from this class action. Yes BA screwed up and should be punished, but I honestly stopped caring about the lawyers and their frequent emails about how they were going after BA’s money.

• TimM says:

  6 Mar6 March 18:27

  The main criticism seems to be these lawyers are somehow ‘ambulance chasers’ and joining in with a class action will put up future fares.

  BA were found guilty of negligence and fined but no damages were paid to those affected or who may be affected in the future.

  If the law is not used to bring punitive damages to the law-breaker and compensate those who have been affected by the law-breaking then what is the law for?

  Steal a loaf of bread because you are hungry and get a criminal conviction, with all that entails, but the worst that can happen to BA executives responsible for a massive data breach is enhanced early pension arrangements before moving on to their next position.

  Let the cleaners do their rightful work and stop whinging.

  • Matty says:

    6 Mar6 March 19:14

    Agree with TimM. Let the court decide what is correct and what isn’t correct. Any evidence will be assessed, tested and decided. That’s what a fair and just society is about. Those that have suffered a loss, and can establish a loss should be compensated.

  • Chris Heyes says:

    6 Mar6 March 21:25

    TimM but like most people on here “Only interested in not putting up fares”
    If fares go up so what ? people will just pay higher fares
    won’t stop anyone from flying

    • Rob says:

      7 Mar7 March 10:04

      I’d get yourself a GCSE economics text book Chris 🙂

  • Sam says:

    7 Mar7 March 03:51

    To be honest no they don’t care. Like you said, the worst that can happen to BA is just that. Nothing else. They won’t learn a lesson just by paying some fines.

• Thomas says:

  6 Mar6 March 20:13

  Has anyone actually seen this particular lawyer’s small print? And when I say small print, I REALLY mean small print; Not even a magnifying glass or maximum pdf enlargement helped. Shockingly poor, makimg me think they’d something to hide…

• Ronald says:

  18 Mar18 March 18:00

  I’m stressed out by the actions of lawyers like Your Lawyers; wonder if I could get the case taken up by someone like . . . well, like Your Lawyers?

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