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Rogers Customer Records Found Strewn Around Toronto
Credit card, social security information included...
A Toronto resident found hundreds of Rogers Communications order forms -- complete with names, addresses, phone numbers and credit card and social security information –- tucked behind a coffee shop and strewn across a parking lot in downtown Toronto over the weekend, reports the Toronto Star. Rogers says an individual with a hired sales company was responsible for the dump. "Rogers will be speaking to the sales company to explain the proper way to dispose of personal information," reports the CBC. The incident renewed calls in Canada for a mandatory customer notification law.
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fireflier
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Limbo

fireflier

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They don't sound too concerned. . .

"Rogers will be speaking to the sales company to explain the proper way to dispose of personal information,"

Uh, OK? And? It almost sounds like an attempt to sell customer information by an employee of the sales company went "awry". I'd think this would be approached with a little more concern than explaining how to properly dispose of records.
Methadras
join:2004-05-26
Spring Valley, CA

Methadras

Member

uh, they don't care... hello...?

really... customer information is the last priority that most companies care about... oh noes!!! you've found our customer information strewn about a parking lot, oh what will we do...? woe is us and hearty FU to you...
ctggzg
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join:2005-02-11
USA

ctggzg

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Re: uh, they don't care... hello...?

said by Methadras:

oh noes!!!
Yeah, you're cool. Shut up.

Michieru2
zzz zzz zzz
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Miami, FL

Michieru2

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!

Sounds to me that they where not trying to dispose anything and more of a attempt to steal consumer information and someone dumped the crap into the parking lot.

Why do I say this? Because my moms purse was stolen from her car in front of her very eyes and was later found by a few good people not to far from where we live scattered across a parking lot and brought her drivers license and credit cards, when we arrived at that location I scanned the area and found more of her credit cards scattered between the bushes.

She reported all her cards stolen and made a police report about the incident. Rogers has more on their hands than just "dumping consumer data". The PR bullshit is not fooling me.

ninjatutle
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San Ramon, CA

ninjatutle

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Don't pay your bills?

This is what happens when you skip your bills in Canada

en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA

en102

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Social Security info... not in Canada

There are no SSN#'s in Canada like there are in the U.S.

Jovi
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join:2000-02-24
Mount Joy, PA

Jovi

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Re: Social Security info... not in Canada

said by en102:

There are no SSN#'s in Canada like there are in the U.S.
Was just going to question that.

manfmmd
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Earth, TX

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No, but the do have a Social Insurance Number (»www1.servicecanada.gc.ca ··· 10.shtml) which is the equivalent. They do sometimes refer to it as an SSN.

en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA

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en102

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Re: Social Security info... not in Canada

Yeah, its similar (as a Canadian, I have one). Its known as the SIN card/number.
It isn't used anywhere near as much as the U.S. SSN.
tpac_man
join:2007-02-27
Riverbank, CA

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Re: Social Security info... not in Canada

Damn Canadian's and their problems.

manfmmd
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Earth, TX

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The US S.S.N. isn't supposed to used that much either. My old SS Card had in bold "Not to be used for identification."



c'est la vie

en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA

en102

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Re: Social Security info... not in Canada

Yeah.. I wish it wasn't used for anything not gov't related.
Unfortunately, almost every 'service' here in the U.S. uses it (phone, cable/satellite, Banks, credit cards, loans, credit reports (duh!), military, etc.)

The sad part is that it contains less numbers as your phone, requires no 'real' identification, and can be used fraudulenty against you.
Googler
join:2007-01-16
Chilliwack, BC

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Re: Social Security info... not in Canada

Up here in Canada we don't need to provide our SIN # for things like store credit cards and such, and if they ask for it, we can deny giving that # and still get the card.

mrchoicepoint

Anon

SSN

you can thank the credit bureaus for the SSN requirement. all your credit records they sell to subscibers are geared to the SSN. until congress gets serious about the proper uses for social security numbers, these problems will continue. I don't give my SSN to anyone except the IRS and state revenue (tax filing).

PolarBear03
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Even the police want it

I had a police officer demand my SSN when writing me a traffic ticket! I told him "um, I don't know what it is... I keep my card at home...."
dustman81
join:2002-05-28
united state

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Re: Even the police want it

The police can get it when they run your driving record. In fact, in Ohio (and I'm sure other states) you are required to provide your Social Security number when applying for drivers' license by providing either your Social Security card when applying/renewing your license or showing proof to not having an Social Security number. To the states, it's the universal identifer because if you apply for a drivers' license in another state, the first thing they do is query the national motor vehicle database to see if a license has been issued to you in an another state. They also query the Social Security administration to make sure the name and number match.
patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY

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I love identify theft!

I found a list of every employee (25 pages long, I guess about 2000 people), their name, address, and SSN for my job in the garbage who was employed in 1996. I love identity theft.

Glaice
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North Babylon, NY

Glaice

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Re: I love identify theft!

So, what did you do with that list?
vinnie97
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join:2003-12-05
US

vinnie97

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Re: I love identify theft!

whatever he did, I don't like the sound of it...his love of ID theft causes my eyebrow to raise.
axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC

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Rent a house, apply for lots of credit cards at the address, max them out, move to the next house