Massive breach of trust.

In an ‘unprecedented’ loss of data at the government department Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, the digital data of 583,000 Canadians’ who had taken out a student loan was lost. With the government losing this much personal data, how can they ask to collect our private online data through bills like C-30? Tell the government you want your private information to remain private at: http://stopspying.ca/ Article by CBC News:

In an ‘unprecedented’ loss of data at the government department Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, the digital data of 583,000 Canadians’ who had taken out a student loan was lost.

With the government losing this much personal data, how can they ask to collect our private online data through bills like C-30? Tell the government you want your private information to remain private at: http://stopspying.ca/

Article by CBC News:

The federal government is suggesting a number of free options to people worried about the cost of credit checks after the personal data of 583,000 Canadians was lost.

The information was lost in early November when a portable hard drive vanished, affecting people who received Canada Student Loans between 2000 and 2006.

A spokeswoman for Human Resources and Skills Development Canada said people can ask the government to request a free credit report from a credit bureau be mailed to them, and can also ask that their social insurance number be flagged in the event unusual activity is noted. Neither of these options will provide real-time credit updates, however. Read more »

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