First Test of New Canadian Privacy Act

dave_mcmillen writes "In Canada, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) took effect in January 2001. An upcoming case will put the act to its first test: Canadian Business Magazine is reporting that in late May, Mathew Englander will sue Telus Inc. over their right to charge him two dollars per month to have an unlisted phone number. Two other test cases are coming up later this year."

Comments

Ooo... A whole two (canadian) dollars

[TMacPhail]

It is a service that they are doing for him to keep his number unlisted by not giving it out to the phone book publishers. Companies always charge for services. Nothing new there. So why should it be any different?

Besides, $2 CDN is really not that much. Something around $1.40 US? Even $2 US is not much.

Telus is a bunch of bastards

[Screaming Lunatic]

I get phone, long distance, and ADSL service from Telus. They have the shitiest, most cryptic bills in the world. You have to wait forever to talk to someone about repairs or your bill. They fucked up my ADSL service twice. The guy that came in to install it short circuited the lines and I did not have phone service for a week. My parents had ADSL installed. The repair guy came in Friday. Decided not to finish up and left the phone unuseable until Monday.

They subscribed me to extra services without my consent. And you don't get the discounted rate for ADSL unless you purchase long distance and an extra bundle from them.

I plan to switch to Sprint eventually. Whenever I can get a good long distance deal. And I'll switch to Shaw eventually as well for broadband.

Unfortunately, Telus is the only way to go if you are going to get a cell phone. They have the best network, phones, and prices here in Vancouver. But I bet their service is horrible too.

Re:Telus is a bunch of bastards

[Slowping]

Mod me off topic:

Sprint is shittier.

They have no real reps to talk to. I had cel service with them, and twice they disconnected my phone because of billing errors. Then, when you try to talk to them, you get their virtual representative. Basically, it's Clippy for your cel phone. i.e. useless. And when you talk to someone real, they charge you money for it.