Canada Post’s gathering of personal information for a marketing program sold to businesses is “absolutely outrageous," a former privacy commissioner says.

  • Rocket@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    We can simplify this to apply more generally. “Is your data safe?”

    The answer is no.

  • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Once again, people are being taken advantage of, and actions that should be opt-in, if allowed at all, are being implemented as opt-out. I was particularly amused by Canada Post’s response that Canadians enjoy getting marketing mail.

    If you want to add your voice to the Privacy Commissioner’s recommendations, there is a form you can enter an anonymous complaint. Link. Also, if you want to do something other than share a concern, the full list of options can be found here.

    Here’s what I put. Feel free to use it whole cloth, or as a starting point for your own personal opinions.

    I just discovered that Canada Post is sharing our information with third-party marketers, and I do not approve. I will not currently opt out of this because that gives tacit approval to the idea that this should be an opt-out process, rather than an opt-in process if it’s allowed to happen at all.

    Please continue to put pressure on Canada Post to change this policy, and thank you for your service to average Canadians.