Compromised Data

A Quebec court recently ruled that obtaining credit reports and replacing accounts are potentially matters for which plaintiffs could be entitled to compensation in a class-action lawsuit arising from a breach of a retailer's payment card data. When a company with consumers' personal infor...

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Published in:Canadian Underwriter 2017-10, Vol.84 (10), p.17
Main Author: St-Germain, Antoine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Class action lawsuits
Credit cards
Credit reports
Data integrity
Discount department stores
Litigation
Personal information
State court decisions
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Summary:A Quebec court recently ruled that obtaining credit reports and replacing accounts are potentially matters for which plaintiffs could be entitled to compensation in a class-action lawsuit arising from a breach of a retailer's payment card data. When a company with consumers' personal information is the target of a data breach, that same company could be sued by consumers alleging they suffered the inconvenience of having to set up credit monitoring and cancel payment cards, among other things. In Quebec, however, there are not a lot of judgments on the extent of general damages which may be claimed by purported victims of cyber breaches. The vast majority of such cases are dealt with through the class action process and this body of case law developed as a result of the certification process provides at least a partial answer. In 2017, the Superior Court of Quebec examined this issue in the matter of Zuckerman vs. Target Corp.
ISSN:0008-5251
1923-3426