More On Damages Under PIPEDA By The Federal Court

In Henry v Bell Mobility, 2014 FC 555, the Federal Court considered the extent of damages to which the Plaintiff was entitled when a Bell Mobility Customer Service Representative ("CSR") revealed certain information about his mobile telephone account to an unauthorized third person.   The release of the information amounted to a breach of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, SC 2000, c 5 ("PIPEDA").   The Plaintiff claimed that he suffered losses arising from the release of the information to the unauthorized third party, and sought:

• damages in the amount of $49,500.00, including compensatory damages of $35,500.00;
•  punitive damages of $5,000.00;