Update on Health Canada MMAR privacy breach - Branch MacMaster

willieboy

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MEDICAL MARIHUANA PRIVACY GAFFE CLASS ACTION

UPDATE: FEBRUARY 14, 2018

We are currently waiting for the Federal Court to issue a remaining portion of its decision with respect to certification. Once that decision is issued, a notice of certification will be circulated. The notice cannot be sent out prior to the Court’s decision.
 

Gquebed

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Ive moved twice.
But it shouldnt matter?
If we contact them with our old license numbers?
 

WHATFG

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They should be getting in touch with the email people left....mine hasn't changed in 20 years.
 

VIANARCHRIS

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I think it was $250M, or roughly $6k/letter. If the class action is successful, the lawyers will be paid by the Gov (court ordered costs). Although prejudgment interest is always paid on top of the original class amount, they need to get on with this ffs!
I'd be shocked if we saw more than $1000 ea unless you suffered actual damage or loss. I'll probably be dead before it's settled at the rate they're going anyway. lol
 

TheRealDman

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Called today for an update....

They are still waiting for Justice Phelan to decide on a single procedural issue. The class action has been certified by Phelan, but cannot move forward until he releases this decision. I was told is nothing major and the decision will have no bearing on whether the class moves on to trial. That’s right, we haven’t even started the trial yet.

The lawyers have been reminding the Gov that their own privacy commissioner ruled that a breach did in fact occur. Slam Dunk! It would be in everyone’s best interest to settle, but the Gov feels it’s better wasting more taxpayers money on a fight that they will surely loose in court. The lady I spoke to today said she is hopeful for a decision from Phelan before Summer recess, but she’s not holding her breath.

Whenever Phelan gets around to dropping his decision, notifications will be sent out looking for plaintiffs who are willing to be deposed. After that, discovery, then we finally open up the trial. If the Gov is still insisting to fight at that point, it will likely be further delayed until after the next Fed election in 2019.
 

GrowRock

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Called today for an update....

They are still waiting for Justice Phelan to decide on a single procedural issue. The class action has been certified by Phelan, but cannot move forward until he releases this decision. I was told is nothing major and the decision will have no bearing on whether the class moves on to trial. That’s right, we haven’t even started the trial yet.

The lawyers have been reminding the Gov that their own privacy commissioner ruled that a breach did in fact occur. Slam Dunk! It would be in everyone’s best interest to settle, but the Gov feels it’s better wasting more taxpayers money on a fight that they will surely loose in court. The lady I spoke to today said she is hopeful for a decision from Phelan before Summer recess, but she’s not holding her breath.

Whenever Phelan gets around to dropping his decision, notifications will be sent out looking for plaintiffs who are willing to be deposed. After that, discovery, then we finally open up the trial. If the Gov is still insisting to fight at that point, it will likely be further delayed until after the next Fed election in 2019.
That’s messed how they have to wait on justice Phelan to decide on an arbitrary procedural issue. Anyway back when these letters were sent out a bunch of patients wrote the federal privacy commissioner about it. The commissioner did an investigation and found hellth Canada guilty of violating 40000 Canadians medical privacy. So why would the feds waste more tax dollars on slam dunk for patients????
 

bigmanc

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I was one of 300 who actually filed a complaint, privacy commissioner said there guilty. I won’t hold my breath...I said 1-200$ before I’m assuming 40-50$ now.
 
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