South Coast British Columbia Transport Authority (TransLink)

Updates

June 7, 2026: TransLink has filed an appeal from the Order of the Supreme Court granting the application for certification, seeking an order of the Court of Appeal setting aside certification of this class action.  The Representative Plaintiffs have consequently filed a cross-appeal, seeking an order of the Court of Appeal that the Class’ claim for moral damages and certain other relief may also proceed as part of the class action. In the meantime, the Representative Plaintiffs intend to bring an application to fix the form, content and manner of dissemination of the notice of certification to the class, amongst other ancillary matters.

May 3, 2026: The Supreme Court of British Columbia has certified this class action.  At this time, we are reviewing the judgment and considering the next steps.  A notice will be issued in due course, which will provide details regarding the next steps of this class action.  Please do not contact Class Counsel or the Court at this time, as due to the significant volume of inquiries, we are unable to respond to individual inquiries.  We will provide updates as they become available. Any person who wishes to receive updates in relation to this class action may please subscribe through the online registration form found at the bottom of this page.  A copy of the Court’s judgment granting the application to certify this class action is available HERE.  Thank you.

July 21, 2025: The continuation of the hearing of the certification application in this matter is scheduled for August 18-20, at 10:00 am, at the Vancouver Law Courts.

March 6, 2025: The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed TransLink’s application for leave to appeal from the Order of the Court of Appeal for BC, finding that the class action claim may proceed.

TransLink’s application has been dismissed with costs payable to plaintiffs.

The effect of this is that the Order of the Court of Appeal, finding that the class action claim should proceed, is final. The class action will continue to proceed towards its next stages.

We are in the process of scheduling an appearance in Court to determine the next steps.

If you have questions, please contact us at [email protected].

July 5, 2024: The Court of Appeal for British Columbia has allowed an appeal from the judgment of the Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissing the plaintiffs’ application for certification of this proposed class proceeding. This means that the class action will get to proceed to its next stages. A copy of the judgment of the Court of Appeal is available HERE.

We are currently considering the decision and our next steps. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].

June 6, 2023: The Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed the plaintiffs’ application to certify this proposed class proceeding based on a conclusion that the pleading did not disclose a reasonable cause of action. A copy of the Court’s decision is available here. The plaintiffs intend to pursue an appeal to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia.

Summary

This is a proposed privacy class action against South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (a.k.a. “TransLink”) arising out of a massive data breach affecting the personal information in the custody or under the control of TransLink, which was publicly revealed in December of 2020. This class action alleges that the data breach resulted in the loss, theft or compromise of highly sensitive personal information of TransLink’s employees and its other stakeholders, including but not limited to their extremely sensitive and valuable banking information.

Specifically, this lawsuit alleges that the data beach occurred as a result of TransLink’s failure to comply with its obligations under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and at common law to protect Class Members’ personal information in their custody or control by way of reasonable security measures and to not disclose that private information without being provided proper authorization. This lawsuit seeks to recover compensation for the damages and losses suffered by Class Members as well as for the risk of significant harm to Class Members’ property, finances, creditworthiness, reputation, and relationships which has resulted from the data breach.

Class Membership Criteria

This class proceeding has been certified on behalf of a class defined as follows:

• All persons who were notified by the Defendant that their sensitive personal information may have been compromised in the TransLink Data Breach that was reported in 2020, excluding the Defendant’s employees who are members of MoveUp

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