Anyone who was a LifeLabs customer on or before Dec. 17, 2019 and who lives in Canada as of Oct. 25, 2023 can now file a claim online through the class action’s website.
Applicants will be asked for their full name, address, personal health number, phone number and an email address that can receive Interac e-transfers.
Who manages the information for the claims, and how do we know it’s going to be secure?
That’s a heck of a lot of info they’re requesting wtf
KPMG is one of the big 4, their data security is probably better than the government tbh
Can confirm not. Stupid priorities get stupid results, Forrest.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The private medical diagnostics company and its subsidiaries were the target of a cyberattack on Dec. 17, 2019 that compromised patient data for around 15 million customers, mostly in British Columbia and Ontario.
Hackers accessed personal information, including health numbers and test results, according to the claim.
LifeLabs has denied claims of negligence brought in the class action lawsuit.
Anyone who was a LifeLabs customer on or before Dec. 17, 2019 and who lives in Canada as of Oct. 25, 2023 can now file a claim online through the class action’s website.
Claimants will be eligible for $50 to $150 in compensation, “from which will be deducted court-approved legal fees, disbursements and taxes,” according to a statement from class administrator KPMG.
and Ontario’s privacy watchdogs found LifeLabs had “failed to protect customers’ personal information” in the 2019 breach.
The original article contains 248 words, the summary contains 136 words. Saved 45%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
That $50-to-$150 is gonna really take the sting out of having all my personal info leaked. I can feel the identity theft worries melting away.
Punitive damages and a proper label of gross criminal negligence need to be applied until it hurts even the board members’ yacht staff.