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Subject: Re: Borrowed records from Revenue Canada
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Date: Sat, 22-Nov-86 20:15:42 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 22 20:15:42 1986
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Chris Lewis alluded to a public registry of information about people,
including unlisted telephone numbers, and asked how they get all that
information.

A few years ago, a friend of mine was just leaving his house when he
was stopped by a person who wanted to confirm some information for
'The Toronto Registry' (or some such official sounding name).  He 
challenged him (her?  I don't remember).  No more information was
forthcoming; the Toronto Registry was the Toronto Registry.  No information
about who compiles it, etc.  He asked to look at the information they 
already had about him.  The registry listed his name, occupation, place of 
work, phone number, a good approximation of his salary, job title, and
so on.  He was convinced, from the quality of the information, that the
personel department where he worked or a bank must have supplied a good bit
of the information.

Interesting....

Michael