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Tina ✌️ :
So, when is a law coming to prevent some from asking for it? 🤔 What are we doing about it besides telling us?
2025-07-19 18:09:46
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Jane :
School will need it for you tuition fee certificate or T2202.
2025-07-20 04:46:17
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Connor :
even when someone says its required you can still get away with not using it. if its an eform just fill it with 0s.
2025-07-19 17:05:44
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Justthefactsma'am :
I lost my SIN card,when l was 17,I'm 70 now. I've always had it memorized.
2025-07-20 13:07:08
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Jessi 🇨🇦 :
if it's such a big problem (and nobody's saying it's not, anybody with a brain knows it is) then the government needs to start regulating who can have it, how long they get to keep it for and they need to start holding these companies accountable for all these breaches! It's out of hand! lots of companies will not give you service without having your sim number and they shouldn't be allowed to withhold service for that reason
2025-07-20 21:12:12
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Ferris8409🇨🇦🇸🇪 :
Someone needs to tell Telus this they wanted me to provide mine
2025-07-20 20:28:39
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whisperskeep🇨🇦 :
whay about applying for a rental
2025-07-20 16:53:52
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universitymagazine :
It’s Only required for employment and financial institutions
2025-07-21 01:47:43
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EK 🇨🇦 :
It should be illegal to pressure people to divulge their sin unless for those specific needs
2025-07-19 19:49:44
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Ruth Anne Flear 🇨🇦 :
Do not give your SIN number to anyone other than your employer.
2025-07-20 19:08:57
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JayBoots :
Just switched rentals, and a lot of rental home owners are not accepting applications without it.
2025-07-19 19:23:06
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Brrnout :
the amount of times I've seen it on rental applications... I've always said no
2025-07-19 18:54:39
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Aut0Dive :
Ok but it also pisses me off that now my social insurance number has to be on just a loose sheet of paper instead of the laminated card like how it used to be
2025-07-19 19:39:07
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AR :
How broken and outdated does a system have to be for just knowing my SIN to be dangerous? If it’s that risky, the system is the real problem.
2025-07-20 03:37:23
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Ana Pimentel 🇨🇦🇵🇹 :
It’s not required by landlords at all. And I’m pretty sure it’s against the law.
2025-07-19 20:38:00
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stewbartlett :
Not required for credit card or loan applications. Landlord don’t need it.
2025-07-20 19:19:01
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dmd0527 :
why isn't it illegal for a private company to ask for your SIN?
2025-07-19 19:48:02
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paulamorrison686🇨🇦 :
Small correction, your insurance company that offers financial services with dividends etc will ask you for it. It is an investment and that is going to be needed for tax time.
2025-07-19 19:50:33
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PABPAT🇨🇦 :
Hydro quebec says that it has the right to ask us for our sin number. and by law, we have to give it. so how was it not legal to do so. or as each province have its own rules
2025-07-20 16:56:00
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courtney shane :
for people who have student loans with National Student Loans Service Centre (NSLSC) they'll always ask you for your SIN or 7 digit student loan number. the phone line is secure to disclose such information since it is a federal agency.
2025-07-19 22:06:25
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Kristinalala :
good luck renting without giving it
2025-07-20 14:43:28
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𐒓𐒘𐒘𐒐 𐒓𐒖𐒖𐒐 :
but phone companies wont provide you services unless you give them your SIN 🤔
2025-07-20 04:41:30
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PlatosParadox :
Literally every ssn is online. It’s a terrible identifier. The government needs to modernized and tokenized that number. 🤔
2025-07-19 17:32:34
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Haywood Jablomi :
Rogers asks for it for credit checks
2025-07-19 19:36:50
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just call me Jules :
Well, Nova Scotia power didn’t see it that way. They logged all of the SIN numbers and then the data breach happened.
2025-07-19 19:28:20
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