As the court-appointed lead solicitors, we are pleased to announce that our litigation with British Airways has been resolved on confidential terms.
The UK mediation between legal representatives for claimants and British Airways Plc was resolved on confidential terms.
British Airways Data Breach: Case history
British Airways revealed on 7 September 2018 that there had been a breach of its security systems, leading to over 420,000 customers and staff having their personal data leaked.
This included names, debit and credit card numbers, addresses, and email addresses.
In July 2019, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a notice of its intention to fine British Airways £183million for infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
However, in October, the ICO revised the fine down to £20million having considered representations from BA and the impact of Covid-19 on the business.
Pogust Goodhead and British Airways
Our legal team, led by Partner Tony Winterburn and Legal Director Michael Burke, filed a claim on behalf of those affected in April 2020, and have welcomed the resolution.
The resolution includes the provision for compensation for qualifying claimants who were part of the litigation but does not include any admission of liability by British Airways Plc.
The easyJet claim
As well as being the court-appointed lead solicitors in the British Airways’ data breach case, we also representing growing numbers of claimants in a case relating to a similar data breach by easyJet, first revealed in May 2020.
The breach saw nine million passengers’ data exposed, including names, email addresses, and travel information.
