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Data breach class actions: No harm, no foul? Part two

Tuesday, August 10, 2021 @ 9:52 AM | By Stacey Reisman, Emma Loignon-Giroux and Shalom Cumbo-Steinmetz

Canadian courts are developing a theory of liability in data breach class actions that depends on evidence of harm. (See Owsianik v. Equifax Canada Co., 2021 ONSC 4112 and Lamoureux c....