01-16-2013, 04:34 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Did you apply for a student loan between 2000 and 2006?
If you did, your information may have been compromised.
Call 1.866.885.1866 to confirm.
I was informed that my information has been compromised.
Last edited by GreatWhiteEbola; 01-16-2013 at 04:36 PM.
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01-16-2013, 04:41 PM
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#2
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Franchise Player
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And if anyone wants to know where this is coming from...
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domest...90F1LN20130116
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A Newfoundland lawyer said he will launch a class action lawsuit on Thursday against the Canadian government which lost a portable external hard drive containing the personal information of 583,000 Canada Student Loan borrowers.
The privacy breach, possibly the largest in Canadian history, affected students involved with the student loan program from 2000-2006. The external hard drive went missing on November 5 from a Quebec office.
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01-16-2013, 04:57 PM
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#3
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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The number is for HRDC, not the lawyer, if there is any confusion.
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01-16-2013, 05:03 PM
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#4
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Franchise Player
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Oh, lovely.
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01-16-2013, 05:03 PM
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#5
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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01-16-2013, 05:04 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Double post
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01-16-2013, 05:18 PM
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#7
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Lifetime Suspension
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Weird that I got a letter today saying I still owed money on my student loans when I paid them off in full a while ago.
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01-16-2013, 05:21 PM
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#8
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Franchise Player
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uh oh 
Are you saying i can call this number to know if my info has been compromised?
If it has, what precautions should be taken (ie. change SIN#)??
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01-16-2013, 05:26 PM
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#9
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bubbsy
Are you saying i can call this number to know if my info has been compromised?
If it has, what precautions should be taken (ie. change SIN#)??
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Yes - that number will tell you if your info was obtained.
On a side note: you can change a SIN #?
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01-16-2013, 05:27 PM
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#10
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Franchise Player
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Ok just called, and they confirmed my info has been breached.
They stated calling 1-800-o-canada and stating the breach of my SIN and to request monitoring for fraudulent behaviour.
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01-16-2013, 05:31 PM
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#11
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Calgary
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called and I'm safe.
as soon as I was reading out my SIN to them I thought "what a great way to farm SIN's"
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01-16-2013, 05:38 PM
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#12
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bubbsy
They stated calling 1-800-o-canada and stating the breach of my SIN and to request monitoring for fraudulent behaviour.
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Just called. The guy I talked to had no idea about the theft, let alone SIN monitoring.
He told me to call the student loans number.
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01-16-2013, 05:50 PM
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#13
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kunkstyle
Just called. The guy I talked to had no idea about the theft, let alone SIN monitoring.
He told me to call the student loans number.
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wtf.
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01-16-2013, 06:07 PM
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#14
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2012
Exp: 
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If they lost my info why would I call them to remind them that I owe them money?
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01-16-2013, 06:12 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobby
If they lost my info why would I call them to remind them that I owe them money?
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Do you understand the severity of personal information being compromised? Forget that, actually, do you even get what was said in the original post? 
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01-16-2013, 06:17 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lethbridge
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What is the concern here that someone can use the information to steal your identity?
Isn't this all info thieves could get a number of other ways?
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01-16-2013, 06:21 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobby
If they lost my info why would I call them to remind them that I owe them money?
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Compromised not lost, HRDC has your info and so does someone else, potentially.
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01-16-2013, 06:41 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Zuma
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Good thing I'm poor from spending all my money on school. Have fun accessing all my debt
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01-16-2013, 06:44 PM
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#19
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2006
Location: @HOOT250
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cortez
Good thing I'm poor from spending all my money on school. Have fun accessing all my debt
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First thing that I thought of when I heard the story. Good luck robbing those broke graduates. 
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01-16-2013, 07:29 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by moon
Isn't this all info thieves could get a number of other ways?
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Name, address, phone, sure.
But a SIN?
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