What is the common law tort of breach of privacy?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bejm v Square One Insurance Services Inc., 2021 BCSC 1513 (CanLII):
There is recent jurisprudence (Tucci v. Peoples Trust Company, 2020 BCCA 246) where our Court of Appeal has discussed the prospect of revisiting the common law tort of breach of privacy. In Tucci, the claim related to a data breach suffered by the defendant. Personal data of the proposed class members was compromised.
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