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Why We Don't Trust Stats Canada:

Posted on Thursday, October 05 at 09:04 by drcaleb
Statistics Canada acknowledged it goofed. Global said the statistics agency intends to apologize to every person listed in the files. The federal office of the privacy commissioner is investigating the breach. Census worker Melissa Mouat, from Calgary, was among people angered that employment records made it to auction of used federal government furniture last weekend. "I think it's kind of a pathetic irony that I spent my entire summer reassuring (census respondents) that, no, you can give me this information , it will be safe with me -- and then they go off and sell mine," the census worker said. "How difficult is it?" Mouat asked. "I know these people are disorganized but all you have to do is open the drawer and remove the information. That's my stuff and I'm not OK with that." http://tinyurl.com/o4jgw

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  1. by avatar whelan costen
    Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:54 pm
    You bet and an apology is not really going to give me any reassurance about the safety of my info. Also those are files that were found, are there any more missing, misfiled, mis-sent?

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    If I stand for my country today...will my country be here to stand for me tomorrow?

  2. by sthompson
    Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:54 am
    Yikes, even the census WORKERS aren't safe. And yet the media has largely ignored the boycott. Sigh.

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    Don't want to be an American idiot / One nation controlled by the media / Information age of hysteria / It's calling out to idiot America.--Green Day

  3. by rearguard
    Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:11 am
    <blockquote>Census worker Melissa Mouat, from Calgary, was among people angered that employment records made it to auction of used federal government furniture last weekend. "I think it's kind of a pathetic irony that I spent my entire summer reassuring (census respondents) that, no, you can give me this information , it will be safe with me -- and then they go off and sell mine," the census worker said.</blockquote> Melissa, this is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.

  4. by 4Canada
    Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:37 am
    Ya, like an apology is all that's left to be given everything else went with the furniture. Heads should roll. Page accepting that the buck stops with her is not enough either.

    This happened not once but twice (that I know of) in the BC government. Twice computers were sold with sensitive medical records contained on discs. Again, "gee, we're sorry". After the first time it was never going to happen again?

    Lets face it, no one cares about your information being out there. Some of these people are likely the very same people that think we're nuts because we're concerned about privacy and would be the first ones signing on for an RFID.

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    "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche



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