Yes, a claim may be possible against a public body if it mishandled your personal information and caused harm.

Public body data breach claims may involve NHS trusts, GP surgeries, local councils, schools, police forces, housing providers or other public organisations.

These claims can involve medical records, social care records, safeguarding information, housing information, school records, police records or other sensitive data.

The same basic issue applies: whether the organisation failed to handle the information properly and whether that failure caused harm.