Hatter says meeting with MP over privacy breach was 'awkward'
ALEX McCUAIG
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The privacy breach involving the loss of personal information of more than half-a-million Canadian student loan applications is still leaving at least one local resident with a bad taste, even after meeting with the city's MP.
Billie Blanchard said Thursday's meeting with Medicine Hat MP LaVar Payne provided little insight in how a portable hard drive containing her information was lost or what the government is going to do to fix the problem.
"It was a little awkward," Blanchard said of the meeting with three other individuals.
"Pretty much the first thing he asked was if we were involved in the class-action lawsuit. . .and he said he can't answer any questions due to it being tied up in court."
Blanchard has joined one of the three legal proceedings but was disappointed Payne wasn't able to at least let her know what new security measures have been put in place.
"I didn't feel that great after I left. He was recommending to follow up, change your banking information and credit cards - act as though you lost your wallet," said Blanchard.
But she highlighted that it was the government who lost her information, not her and the other 1 in 60 Canadians.
"I was hoping for more answers, clarity. The Conservative government is not giving us any answers," said Blanchard.
She said she and other Canadians are being stonewalled when asking questions such as why the information wasn't encrypted or being kept on a portable hard drive.
"That's how the meeting kind of went. I left feeling that they aren't going to help us."
Employees at Human Resources and Skills Development last week apologized to a parliamentary committee looking into the incident.
amccuaig@medicinehatnews.com Twitter:MHNMcCuaig
The privacy breach involving the loss of personal information of more than half-a-million Canadian student loan applications is still leaving at least one local resident with a bad taste, even after meeting with the city's MP.
Billie Blanchard said Thursday's meeting with Medicine Hat MP LaVar Payne provided little insight in how a portable hard drive containing her information was lost or what the government is going to do to fix the problem.
"It was a little awkward," Blanchard said of the meeting with three other individuals.
"Pretty much the first thing he asked was if we were involved in the class-action lawsuit. . .and he said he can't answer any questions due to it being tied up in court."
Blanchard has joined one of the three legal proceedings but was disappointed Payne wasn't able to at least let her know what new security measures have been put in place.
"I didn't feel that great after I left. He was recommending to follow up, change your banking information and credit cards - act as though you lost your wallet," said Blanchard.
But she highlighted that it was the government who lost her information, not her and the other 1 in 60 Canadians.
"I was hoping for more answers, clarity. The Conservative government is not giving us any answers," said Blanchard.
She said she and other Canadians are being stonewalled when asking questions such as why the information wasn't encrypted or being kept on a portable hard drive.
"That's how the meeting kind of went. I left feeling that they aren't going to help us."
Employees at Human Resources and Skills Development last week apologized to a parliamentary committee looking into the incident.
On September 21, 2012, Payne tweeted his support for Motion 312, the controversial motion which would force Canada to reevaluate when life begins, saying "When does an individual become Human. I am supporting the Motion.
ReplyDeleteshould it be people can't do the job for the people then get out and let some one else in there that can. nothing wrong in admitting to something you can't do.
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