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Woman Sues Rogers For 'Exposing' Her Affair
After her cell bill is merged with triple play billing...
According to the Toronto Star, a woman has sued Rogers Wireless for $600,000 after a billing mix up wound up tipping off her husband to an affair she was having. The couple started receiving a unified bill after they tacked Internet and TV service on top of the woman's previously solo Rogers Wireless bill. Needless to say, the husband got his hand on the new combined bill and found a number of multi-hour calls to an unfamiliar number. The woman's attorney claims that Rogers is responsible for the breakup (and her subsequent job loss):
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"The husband used the previously private and confidential information that the defendant unilaterally disclosed to the husband to inquire about the people that the plaintiff was telephoning and the nature of such calls," the statement of claim says. The statement alleges Rogers "unilaterally terminated its cellular contract with the plaintiff that had been in her maiden name and included it in the husband’s account that was under his surname."
Rogers obviously says they're not responsible for the couple's breakup, which their lawyer claims would have happened "regardless of the form in which the plaintiff and her husband received their invoices." Of course not having an affair would be a nice way to avoid your husband finding out you're having an affair, and Rogers isn't responsible for infidelity. Still, users in our Rogers Forums discuss the privacy and contractual ramifications of merging bills without the express consent of all involved.

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compugeek0
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compugeek0

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Just Take Responsibility

Someone, again, who just can't take responsibility for their actions.

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caco
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caco

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More important question not answered

Is she HOT?
Storage_Guy
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Storage_Guy

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Complete loss for words

From the linked article, “I lost everything,” she says. “I want others to know what a big corporation has done. I trusted Rogers with my personal information. We had a contract — and agreement that put my life right in their hands.

The complete lack of personal responsibility that people have now is astounding.

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TLS2000

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RTFA

Has no one read the article?

The woman's husband found out about the affair because Rogers unilaterally decided to merge her account with his, which resulted in him seeing that she was having long conversations with her lover on her cell phone.

The affair isn't in question here. What's in question is how it was disclosed through a breach of privacy and a breach of contract.

Rogers claimed that they would have broken up anyway. Rogers doesn't know this for a fact. The fact of the matter is, Rogers taking action on their separate accounts directly caused the husband to find out because suddenly her bill was in HIS NAME.

I think she deserves what she got, but at the same time, it's inexcusable how it came about. Rogers IS responsible.