Today's Toronto Star has an article about social insurance numbers and credit reports: "TheStar.com - SINs not needed to get a credit rating check". It is a followup to a previous article about a promotion to get your credit report online, free. The service required the customer to enter their SIN and includes some discussion about privacy and SINs.
Anybody who is interested in the use of social insurance numbers and Canadian privacy law may also want to read the following articles that touch on the topic:
- Focus on Privacy: New Privacy Law Places Limits on SIN
- PIPEDA and Credit Grantors (pdf of a powerpoint presentation)
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner also has a brand new "fact sheet" on the social insurance numbers: "Best Practices for the Use of Social Insurance Numbers in the Private Sector."
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