Lawsuit Filed over Voter Privacy Breach Affecting Almost Three Million Albertans
The filing says information from about 2.9 million electors was accessed and used without authorization, including names, addresses and identification numbers.
- On Thursday, retired lawyer Clint Docken filed a proposed class-action lawsuit in the Court of King's Bench alleging unauthorized disclosure of the Alberta List of Electors exposed private information for nearly 3 million voters.
- Earlier this year, the Centurion Project published a database traced to the Republican Party of Alberta, which held the list but was prohibited from sharing it with unauthorized groups.
- Legal counsel Steven Cooper of Cooper Regel LLP called the breach a "staggering failure," noting the lawsuit includes a subclass for vulnerable individuals such as victims of domestic violence at greater risk.
- While the lawsuit awaits court certification, Heather Jenkins, a spokesperson for the Alberta justice minister, stated the government is reviewing the claim and that protecting personal information is "taken very seriously."
- Investigations by the RCMP and provincial privacy watchdog are underway regarding the leak, which saw 545 individuals access the database, as the plaintiff seeks damages for privacy violations and identity-related risks.
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A group of lawyers is prosecuting Alberta and Alberta Elections about a list of electors that would have been distributed without authorization.
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Lawsuit filed over voter privacy breach affecting almost three million Albertans
A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed in Alberta after the private information of nearly three million Albertans was allegedly obtained and published by a separatist group.
Proposed class-action lawsuit filed over alleged Alberta voter privacy breach
A retired Alberta lawyer has launched a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging one of the largest privacy breaches in the province's history exposed the personal information of about 2.9 million voters.
Class action filed in alleged Alberta data breach that exposed millions of voters’ private information
A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Court of King’s Bench in Edmonton in what the plaintiff alleges to be one of the largest privacy breaches in Alberta history. The statement of claim was filed by Cooper Regel LLP, for Clint Docken, “on behalf of all those whose personal information contained in Alberta’s List of Electors was compromised without authorization.” The suit alleges the breach exposed the personal information of approxima…
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