DrewWilson
December 10th, 2008, 11:35 AM
Canada Post is trying to track down dozens of passport applications from southern B.C. and Alberta, containing sensitive personal information, that went missing en route to Quebec.
Three packages containing more than 50 passport applications from Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, Alta., and Cranbrook, B.C., were scanned at a postal facility in Lethbridge in late October. But they were never delivered to the Passport Canada offices in Gatineau, Que.
John Caines, a spokesman for Canada Post, said the lost documents are a serious concern.
"Definitely, this is very personal information and we do apologize to anyone who might be affected by this. Anytime a package goes missing it is a concern for us," said Caines.
But this is not the first time passport forms have disappeared in the mail.
In the past 15 months, a total of 107 passport applications in seven priority courier parcels, including the three recent lost parcels, have gone missing while being handled by Canada Post, Passport Canada confirmed.
More... (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/12/10/bc-missing-passport-applications.html)
I guess losing private information in the mail isn't just for HMRC anymore.
Three packages containing more than 50 passport applications from Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, Alta., and Cranbrook, B.C., were scanned at a postal facility in Lethbridge in late October. But they were never delivered to the Passport Canada offices in Gatineau, Que.
John Caines, a spokesman for Canada Post, said the lost documents are a serious concern.
"Definitely, this is very personal information and we do apologize to anyone who might be affected by this. Anytime a package goes missing it is a concern for us," said Caines.
But this is not the first time passport forms have disappeared in the mail.
In the past 15 months, a total of 107 passport applications in seven priority courier parcels, including the three recent lost parcels, have gone missing while being handled by Canada Post, Passport Canada confirmed.
More... (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/12/10/bc-missing-passport-applications.html)
I guess losing private information in the mail isn't just for HMRC anymore.