{"id":287609,"date":"2026-07-09T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/application-filed-for-class-action-lawsuit-against-montreal-area-school-board-after-privacy-breach\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:55:07","slug":"application-filed-for-class-action-lawsuit-against-montreal-area-school-board-after-privacy-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/application-filed-for-class-action-lawsuit-against-montreal-area-school-board-after-privacy-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Application filed for class-action lawsuit against Montreal-area school board after privacy breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Application filed for class-action lawsuit against Montreal-area school board after privacy breach<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/montreal.citynews.ca\/2026\/07\/09\/class-action-lawsuit-school-board-data-breach\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-09 11:37:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: montreal.citynews.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

An application for a class-action lawsuit has been filed in the Quebec Superior Court against a Montreal-area school board after it circulated parents\u2019 sensitive information.<\/p>\n

On July 2, the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board sent an email to parents of children attending Rosemere High School, on the North Shore, with a document containing names, birth dates, social insurance numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, country of birth, emergency telephone numbers and contacts.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit reportedly alleges negligence in protecting sensitive information.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are currently\u00a0in talks with the victims and cybersecurity experts to assess the potential damages,\u201d said a representative for Lambert Avocats, the law firm representing the parents.<\/p>\n

One of the parents of a high school student told CityNews seeing their own social insurance number and other confidential information, along with those of other parents, came as a shock.<\/p>\n

\u201cI reacted like everybody else probably would have, said, \u2018Oh my God,\u2019\u00a0and then I closed it up because I have this funny sense of don\u2019t look at other people\u2019s information,\u201d they said. \u201cAnd I texted a friend and said, \u2018you\u2019ll never believe this.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Among parents, there was a sense of frustration and anger about how confidential information was managed by the school board.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the general feeling is, how is a document with so much sensitive information so easily attached to an email and not password protected or not safeguarded at a better level?\u201d the parent told CityNews.<\/p>\n

Along with anger, there was a feeling of vulnerability.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing forward, obviously, we will have to be cognizant and aware of the fact that this\u00a0could be an issue,\u201d they added. \u201cIf somebody out there chooses to do something\u00a0unseemly with the information, nobody can control it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shortly after the original email, the parents were sent a text message asking them not to open the email and delete it. They…<\/p>\n

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