On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 2:18 PM Alvin Starr <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/18/19 12:32 PM, Russell Reiter wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 11:16 AM Alvin Starr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 12/18/19 7:48 AM, Russell Reiter wrote: >> >> >> snip > > <snip> > > I would hope, for billing and service inquiries, they would have all the > personal information I provided to them. I wouldn't give my SIN to a phone > provider tho. I don't ever remember giving it out to get a landline or > cable service and the agents I use now never have asked me for a SIN in > order start services. > > Really?? > Telus runs a business providing practice management services to medical > professionals including managing health data. > Would you like your phone provider to have access to all your personal > data? > That could include your medical records? > > I can just hear the conversation: > > "Yes sir. To verify your identity could you tell us the results from your > last prostate exam?" > Me being who I am, if an employee of a telecommunications provider asked me that in order for me to buy into a service contract, I might just turn around and drop my pants in the office and say check for yourself. > > You may not have have provided your SIN as part of a credit application 30 > years ago and in that case you are a much wiser person than I > Well I think I did provide my SIN to my Bank when I first applied for an account and since I'm not one to abuse credit or take on excessive debt, I get along without having to disclose much more than the minimum necessary > > >> >> >>> The carrier should have an obligation of care with my information. >>> >> But the only obligation that the carrier has is to maximize the >>> shareholder value. >>> >> >> Cybercare of personal information starts with the individual, >> unfortunately it's all downhill from there. >> >> That is true and this was something like 30 years ago I was much more >> naive then. >> >> The environment has changed in the intervening time. >> When I was a child access to personal information was controlled by >> physical access to paper and security was a matter of locks and keys. >> The rules around information protection are woefully inadequate in >> today's hyper connected environment. >> > >> For example I later this morning will need to start looking at what of my >> information LifeLabs has leaked. >> > > As you say times have changed. I only recently found out, in the recent > past, that they don't even issue replacement SIN cards anymore. > > That's an interesting tidbit. > Yea I lost my original card, had one replacement which was held together with scotch tape for ten out of 30 years and it finally fell apart. https://settlement.org/ontario/employment/social-insurance-number/your-social-insurance-number-sin/what-do-i-do-if-my-sin-is-lost-or-stolen/ -- > Alvin Starr || land: (647)478-6285 > Netvel Inc. || Cell: (416)[email protected] > || > > -- Russell
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