On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:17 PM Alvin Starr via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On 12/16/19 4:59 PM, James Knott via talk wrote:
On 2019-12-16 04:14 PM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote:
and it required a credit check and they kept my details on file for anybody in the support dept to access.
That's illegal. The SIN can only be asked for things relating to income tax, Canada Pension, etc.. This could include investments that require reporting to Revenue Canada. Credit checks are flat out illegal use of SIN.
BTW, my ex worked for Revenue Canada, income tax collections.
That it what I thought. I took it up with the privacy commissioner and the response was( paraphrasing here ).
Bell said "Trust us. We know what we are doing" and that's ok by us.
Maybe time to remind the commissioner of what their job is?