Ashley Madison – A New Era In Privacy Class Actions For Canada?

In recent years, the phrase "data breach" has firmly established its place in the public vernacular, and it is not difficult to understand why this has occurred. In the past 3 to 5 years, the seemingly constant barrage of high profile "hacking" incidents have served as a reminder that it is not only web-centric companies that can suffer the embarrassment of a privacy or data security breach. It seems that no organization is safe from these attacks. Online retailers, brick and mortar shops, government bodies, private banks, health care providers, airlines, social networks, movie studios, and now dating sites, have all been targeted. The sheer variety of companies who have been recent victims of a data breach demonstrates that, as the end of 2015 nears, data security should be top of mind for every business that has sensitive or private electronic data that they want to protect.