Several former Yahoo! Inc. executives recently settled a derivative action for US$29-million, following data breaches from 2013 and 2014 that compromised approximately three billion accounts. These data breaches were the biggest known intrusions of a single company’s computer network at that time. Given the absence of Canadian case law on director liability in the context of a data breach, prudent directors may gain an advantage by reviewing U.S. case law and adapting their strategy and approach to data privacy and security.
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