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Ca: Cambridge woman launches $550-million class-action lawsuit against Equifax Canada following privacy breach

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Dissent

Jenny Yuen reports:

A Cambridge woman is launching a $550-million class-action lawsuit against Equifax Canada after a massive cybersecurity breach may have compromised sensitive identity information of countless Canadians.

Read more on Toronto Sun.

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2 thoughts on “Ca: Cambridge woman launches $550-million class-action lawsuit against Equifax Canada following privacy breach”

  1. Canuckster says:
    September 14, 2017 at 6:54 am

    What if someone had dual citizenship and is affected in both countries?

    Wife & kids in that situation. didn’t check American site for info yet. :/

    1. Dissent says:
      September 14, 2017 at 7:42 am

      Yikes. So double the worry/stress/risk? Of course, some of our courts don’t view increased statistical risk as conferring standing to sue, but I’m guessing Equifax is going to be settling suits left and right rather than try to fight some of these too vigorously, as the public is already ticked off and if they try to claim that they are not liable/responsible, the public may explode altogether.

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