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Ca: Alleged HIV/AIDS privacy breach in 2016 could become class-action suit against Positive Living Society of British Columbia

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Dissent

Jeremy Hainsworth reports:

A Vancouver-based HIV/AIDS organization is facing a class-action suit for breach of privacy after an alleged release of email addresses of 800 of its members via a September 2016 mass email.

And, said a BC Supreme Court ruling released May 1, a staff member of Positive Living BC had warned the organization poor data-control practices were going to eventually create problems.

Read more on Vancouver Courier.

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