Case name
Dubé c. Coopérative de services enfancefamille.org and Procureur general du Québec

Quebec Superior Court file #
500-06-001148-218 (Montreal)

A Settlement has been reached in a putative class action Dubé c. Coopérative de services enfancefamille.org and Procureur general du Québec (500-06-001148-218) relating to the La Place 0-5 data breach that occurred on May 8, 2021, when an unknown third-party was able to gain unauthorized access to certain customer data from the La Place 0-5 records (“Data Breach”).

On February 1, 2024, the Superior Court of Quebec authorized the Class Action for settlement purposes only.

On March 22, 2024, this Settlement was approved by the Court.

The Settlement is on behalf of the following Settlement Class:


The Defendants in the class action are the Coopérative de services enfancefamille.org (hereinafter the “Coopérative”) and the Procureur général du Québec (hereinafter the “PGQ”) (hereinafter collectively the “Defendants”).

On February 1, 2024, the Superior Court of Quebec authorized the Class Action for settlement purposes only.


You may be a Settlement Class Member if you are one of the 8,589 persons in Québec, whose personal information was accessed and downloaded in the Data Breach which occurred on or about May 8, 2021 (you may have received a letter, email or call from La Place 0-5 advising you that your information was compromised in the context of the Data Breach).


Pursuant to the Settlement, the Defendants will pay a total amount of $250,000 CAD (the “Cap”). This Cap will pay for all administration costs, notice costs and legal fees and disbursements, including all applicable taxes. The remainder (the “Net Cap”) will be used toward the reimbursement of certain substantiated costs, losses and/or unreimbursed expenses made from May 8, 2021 to February 1, 2024 by Settlement Class Members who provide evidence to the effect that said losses were caused by the Data Breach and/or incurred as a result of the Data Breach or the receipt of the La Place 0-5 Notices (between May 14, 2021 and June 2, 2021), as accepted by the Claims Administrator (at its discretion) pursuant to the Distribution Protocol attached to the Settlement Agreement. Each Claimant may only make substantiated and documented monetary claims up to a maximum of $1,000 CAD per person (the Documentary Supported Claims will be reduced on a pro rata basis in case of lack of total funds in the Net Cap).

You will not be asked to pay anything at any time.


To submit a claim, you must, no later than August 14, 2024:

• Complete a Claim Form online; or
• Obtain a Claim Form in paper format from the website or the Claims Administrator, complete it and send it by email or by mail to the Claims Administrator at the address below.

Detailed information, the Long Form (detailed) version of this notice, and updates are available on this Website in the documents section.

If needed, Settlement Class Members can contact the Claims Administrator or Class Counsel, Lex Group Inc.





Please note that in case of any discrepancy between the terms of this Notice and the Settlement Agreement, the terms of the Settlement Agreement shall prevail. Any term not defined in this Approval Notice shall have the meaning ascribed in the Settlement Agreement.