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Desjardins reaches $155M proposed settlement in data breach class action
By 
Jaclyn Jaeger2021-12-20T19:48:00
Desjardins Group has reached a proposed C$201 million (U.S. $155 million) settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit following a long-running data breach that ultimately compromised the personal information of nearly 10 million individuals in Canada and abroad.
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