[GTALUG] [OT] Phishing is no mirage...

[o1bigtenor]

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:17 PM Alvin Starr via talk <talk at 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?