Nissan Class Action Suit Update
Update: March 18, 2024 – a proposed settlement has been reached in this class action lawsuit. For more information on settlement benefits and dates, please visit this website: Nissan Data Incident Class Action Settlement Website
Update: October 23, 2019 – the Ontario Superior Court of Justice Certified this Action as a Class Action. A Notice Plan with details of the Notice of Certification was approved by the Court on December 10, 2021.
Full details about the Action, the rights and options of class members, the lawyers representing you, the steps in the proceeding, and how to obtain more information are located here.
Class Members who are part of the defined Class will be automatically participating, unless they choose to exclude themselves. Should you wish to exclude yourself from participation, you will need to fill out and submit an “Opt-Out” form, and email it to RicePoint Administrators Inc., located here.
Stay tuned for further updates as the Action progresses.
Nissan Class Action Suit
Case Overview:
This class action is brought against Nissan Canada, Nissan Canada Finance, Nissan North America for mainly breach of privacy, breach of contract and negligence, as well as vicarious liability for the intrusion upon seclusion committed by their unknown employee.
An undated letter which many received in January 2018 from Nissan Canada was sent to customers indicating that on December 11, 2017 Nissan discovered a data breach.
The letter does not indicate when or how the breach occurred.
The impacted private data, according to the letter, included:
Customer names
Address
Vehicle make and model
Vehicle identification number (VIN)
Credit score
Loan amount
Monthly payment
Assets
On October 29, 2019, Superior Court of Justice Edward Belobaba released his reasons granting the Plaintiffs’ motion for certification of the action to proceed as a class action. The reasons can be accessed here.
In Courts view, the most appropriate class definition for certification is: “All persons resident in Canada, including their estates, executors or personal representatives but excluding persons resident in Quebec, who (1) provided personal information to one or more of the defendants (or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries) when financing a lease or purchase of a Nissan vehicle over the five years ending on December 11, 2017 and (2) received a notice letter from Nissan about the December 2017 data breach.”
The law firms of Landy Marr Kats, McKenzie Lake, & Du Vernet, Stewart commenced the class action.If you want any further information about this class action, please email us at nissandatabreachclassaction@lmklawyers.com