A SIN to View a Website?

A few days ago I wrote an entry about my annoyance at an advert run by du MAURIER a cigarette brand here in Canada.

There is so much more that pisses me off about this topic that I had to let go of more steam again today.  In that entry I wrote about how to view the marketing BS of this company you had to register and give out a lot of private information.  Social Insurance Number (roughly similar to the Social Security Number in the United States), Drivers License number, home number and address, telephone number etc.  This is all information that then gets sent electronically to Equifax and compared to your consumer credit report.

This is, just about, all the information that some untrustworthy thief would need to steal your identity.  So we are supposed to give all of this wonderful information to a company that has lied for decades, that continues to not say that its products kill (the WHO and governments state it, we don't), that continues to sell their cancer sticks.  We are supposed to give this personal and confidential information to a company that has been so trustworthy and honest?  Would you give all of this information to someone who has lied, cheated, and killed?  Well if you do, you are.

We are told to not give this information to people.  We are told to be aware of internet scams and phishing scams that request personal information.  Yet to be permitted to see the marketing and branding we are asked to hand it over freely.  Just like (I thought anyway!) cigarette companies are not allowed to advertise they should also be told that they are not allowed to collect this information.

It truly disgusts me.

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