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

[James Knott]

On 2019-12-16 10:35 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote:
>>> 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?

Here's what the government says:
https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/sin/protect.html#a2