Canadians who use the online investment management app Wealthsimple could be part of a class action against the company.<\/p>\n
Law firm Slater Vecchio LLP has taken the first step with a class-action lawsuit proposal against Wealthsimple, in light of a recent data breach<\/a> which took place Aug. 30 and was publicly disclosed by the company in early September. <\/p>\n \u201cThat sensitive information \u2013 including names, addresses, Social Insurance Numbers, account numbers, government-issued IP addresses \u2013 was accessed and stolen,” the law firm claimed in a filing<\/a> <\/p>\n Justin Giovannetti, an associate lawyer with Slater Vecchio, tells CTVNews.ca that at this stage, it\u2019s critical for people who\u2019ve been impacted by the breach to come forward and share with the firm what happened to them.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to learn about the potential effects of this data breach,\u201d he said. \u201cGoing forward, there is potential harm to these people.\u201d<\/p>\n The proposed class-action lawsuit says it will represent people across Canada whose information was obtained in the breach, with a subclass for Canadians who\u2019ve suffered direct harm, such as financial losses, identity theft or fraud, linked to the misuse of their compromised data. <\/p>\n