Show Me the Money: B.C. Court of Appeal Affirms Privacy Breach Damages Without Proof of Consequential Loss
By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/25
On April 23, 2025, in Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Ari, the British Columbia Court of Appeal affirmed a class action judgment awarding aggregate damages of C$15,000 per class member without proof of consequential loss for breach of B.C.’s Privacy Act, arising from the defendant’s employee stealing and selling customers’ personal information, which in some instances criminals used to carry out targeted shooting and arson attacks. The issue before the Court of Appeal of whether...
By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP