HRSDC loses nonencrypted hard drive with sensitive info, Class action lawsuit ensues
 

HRSDC dun goof'd

edit; affects all students in Canada with student loans, call 1-866-885-1866 to see if your information has been compromised (via El_Bastardo)

Basically the HRSDC holds sensitive info like SIN, loan balances, addresses, etc. for people with student loans. They lost a hard drive with over 580,000 student's info which was not encrypted.
They are offering free credit monitoring through equifax for six years.
People are pissed so they are suing.

Victims of HRSDC student loan privacy breach banding together and fighting back | Toronto Star

:fulloffuck:

the govt. has been losing a lot of personal information lately there was a usb stick with a lot of info lost as well


i expect more sinister reasons than simply "misplacing" this info though :badpokerface:

i imagine some employees decided to steal the info to sell etc

how do i find out if my name was on the list?

It affects us. I'm on the list, so is my friend. Both B.C. students

Call 1-866-885-1866 to find out if you're on the list. Be nice to them. They're only call center people. They have to read the script all damn day and I can imagine they've gotten yelled at more than a couple of times.

Its not their fault.

So what can you do? or what will they do about it if you are on the list?
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:lawl: lawsuit so loans would be forgiven :troll:

Nothing, that's why people are suing them

7 years later,

"580,000 peoples information have been made public"

:badpokerface:

wow, will be calling tomorrow.. as if i don't have enough problems..

Note that Im pretty sure it only affects people with loans that started in 2000-2006

i got mine in 07, if thats the case. Thank god. haha

Well fuck, I better give them a call tomorrow.

I love how they're being awfully quiet about such a big issue.

Hey, I'm just glad they went public about this. Often times something big like this, you'd expect a coverup from the government.

Just called(thanks guys!) and found out that my information was on the list.

Like so many things in life, I now sit and hope that the government that caused the issue will solve it, as there really isn't anything else I can do-until in 15 years the results of the class action suit divides a 1 million settlement between 580k plaintiffs and I get a check for 2 bucks in the mail.

i have a feeling i am on the list... if the affected are in range of 02-06...

Seems like I'm likely on that list then, will be calling tomorrow or the day after.

Well, time to make a phone call in the morning.
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I'm on the list. I found out because they sent me a letter
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You're not affected. Unless you somehow attended post-secondary/got a student loan while you were in elementary lol

Oh geez, I got a letter from them :failed:. This really sucks.

I just got a letter from them saying my info was on that harddrive also :(

only one real solution
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forgive ALL the LOANS

I was only a year cut off from being affected

^^ whats the year range affected? 02-06?

i think it was 00-06