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Why cyber tracking technology litigation could be coming to Canada

March 31, 2023 by Alyssa DiSabatino

Insurers can expect pixel liability to “rear its ugly head” in Canada after recent litigation in the U.S., a lawyer at the NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit said.   Especially as one Canadian home improvement company has been deemed by the

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Cyber breach: Assume your client will be hacked

April 17, 2018 by Greg Meckbach

Directors and officers do not have to be flawless in their cyber security controls but need to come up with a cyber incident response plan and practice it on a regular basis, speakers told insurance professionals at a recent conference.

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Privacy class-action lawsuit in Ontario ‘settled on incredibly favourable terms’ to Home Depot: PCUC luncheon speaker

November 24, 2016 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

How companies respond to data breaches in which criminals obtain sensitive customer data is “hugely important” in reducing the risk of a class-action lawsuit, a lawyer suggested Wednesday to insurance professionals. At the November luncheon of the Property Casualty Underwriters

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Data breach settlement approved in Canadian class action lawsuit against Home Depot

September 3, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

An Ontario court recently approved a settlement in a class action lawsuit against Home Depot of Canada, Inc. and its corporate parent arising from a data breach in 2014 that affected its payment card system. Class action lawsuits were filed