Data Breach Response
Legally-led incident response: containment advice, regulator notification, and defending what follows.
This is probably you if
- You have found unauthorised access to systems holding personal data.
- You have received a ransom or extortion demand.
- A processor or vendor has told you they were breached.
- You are inside a statutory notification deadline and unsure what it requires.
Free assessment
Twenty minutes with a lawyer. No obligation, and no charge if we conclude there is nothing worth pursuing.
Start hereWhat the work involves
01
Hour-one triage
Scope, containment priorities, evidence preservation, and — importantly — structuring the investigation so that legal advice stays privileged where the law allows it.
02
Notification assessment
Whether the incident meets the threshold for regulator notification and for telling affected individuals, in each jurisdiction where you hold data. We draft the notifications.
03
Regulator engagement
We handle correspondence, information requests, and investigations, and make representations on penalties.
04
Extortion decisions
Sanctions exposure, disclosure duties, and the legal consequences of paying or not paying. The decision stays yours; the analysis is ours.
05
Downstream claims
Defending individual and group claims, and pursuing your own claims against a vendor whose failure caused the incident.
Being straight with you
Notification deadlines in many regimes run from awareness, not from when the investigation finishes. Contact us before you have all the facts, not after.
Related practice areas
Online Fraud & Scam Recovery
Tracing where your money went, identifying who holds it, and using civil and regulatory routes to try to get it back.
Investment & Crypto Fraud
Fake trading platforms, long-con relationship investment schemes, rug pulls, and the bogus recovery services that target victims a second time.
Business Email Compromise & Payment Diversion
When an invoice was intercepted and a payment went to the wrong account — for the company that paid, or the one that never got paid.
Time is the variable you control.
In fraud matters funds move within days, and in breach matters notification clocks start the moment you become aware. Running a trace takes about two minutes and costs nothing.