1. On January 22, 2013, Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited (Ford) announced that certain confidential personal information of 10,000 Ford employees was uploaded onto an unsecured website on the internet.
2. The law firms of Strosberg Wingfield Sasso LLP and Charney Lawyers commenced a proposed class action against Ford on behalf of all persons whose information uploaded onto the website.
3. If you are a current or retired Ford employee and you were notified that your personal information was uploaded onto the unsecured website, you may be entitled to compensation.
4. Individuals whose personal information was uploaded onto the unsecured website may be entitled to compensation for the breach of their privacy, damages for identity theft and/or damages to their credit reputation, damages for the costs incurred to prevent identity theft, damages for the time spent changing your personal information such as your Social Insurance Number, damages for emotional distress/inconvenience, and/or compensation for out of pocket expenses.
5. We will continue to update this website as developments occur.
6. If you would like to know more about how a class action works, please click here.