BA Data Breach Victims Granted Extension to File Claims

Victims of the two British Airways (BA) data breaches in 2018 have been granted an additional two months to file a compensation claim after the Group Litigation Order (GLO) window was extended.

The claims relate to two breaches recorded back in 2018: between August and September 2018, it was revealed that 380,000 transactions were compromised and later, 185,000 customers were notified that their personal and financial details were exposed between April and July 2018. Data compromised included payment card information, such as card numbers, expiry dates, and (in tens of thousands of cases) the CVV security code, as well as customer names, billing addresses and email addresses.

Evidence has been given by the defendant’s solicitor at the GLO application hearing that the total number of unique payment cards that may have been affected is 429,420.

Last month, Consumer action law firm Your Lawyers, which is leading the action, reported that the UK-based airline is planning to begin settlement discussions that could lead to a compensation pay-out of up to £3bn. However, BA responded with a statement continuing to deny liability and setting out their intention to fight the litigation.

The original deadline to join the GLO was April 3, but this has now been moved to June 3 2021. Beyond that date, affected customers will no longer be able to automatically join this group litigation.

The extension has been granted to allow new claimants to prepare their cases following a huge surge in sign-ups recently.

Your Lawyers has estimated that the average compensation award for each ..

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