rebelsquest Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 This has been posted on Facebook and OzShow, important info for Dogs Vic members. Please check your bank statements carefully. This should never have happened, hope they are putting in some strict controls around information disposal. Copied from Denise Bristow I am bringing to the attention of All VCA Members there has been a breach of Privacy. Information belonging to members was placed in bins out side the VCA office on the 7th Of December. There was 5 days of financial transactions. This was found on the 9th of December at VCA Big Dogs Day Out. I advise anyone who has had any type of financial involvement with the VCA from the 3rd- 7th December 2012. Check their bank accounts. We have met with the CE of Dogs Victoria Marie Deagan. She has since organized 6 security bins for the office and assured us that this will never happen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 What Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkehre Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 $50 for a shredder... even we use one and we are but a small business. Glad I paid my renewal early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 (edited) Wow. I was actually planning on joining recently, but if they can't even shred private documents, not a chance. Edited December 18, 2012 by Aussie3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog_fan Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 In this day and age this is unforgivable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joany Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 What a Mickey Mouse show this mob is and they want our personal Id documents as well They are a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megan_ Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Are you sure this is legit? The statement doesn't read like it comes from dogs Vic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 it does appear to be legit based on who originally posted it on oz show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisart Dobes Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 We have had several puppy buyers send in all their documents - ID / credit card details etc etc everything they need for membership - oh and the puppies original registration certificates to transfer them over - ALL documents lost !!!!!!!!!!! No answers, no appology, no reprint of reg certificates (unless they are paid for) etc etc And 2 of them I dropped into the office myself - one was posted. No longer recommending puppy people join - sorry but it makes me look bad when the organization can't even look after their private details and with the documents they are now demanding its not good enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkhe Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 God, and for it all to happen at hte Dogs Day Out.. what a joke. There were probably hundreds more people were at KCC on that day than any other day of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkehre Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 So do I have this right... from here on they will dispose of all documents in secure bins? So our credit card details will still be in the rubbish to be tampered with down the line further, just not on the grounds next time. Why can't they shred such documents? I don't think I will feel comfortable sending them my credit card details anymore. I just assumed the documents would be shredded or filed and kept. More fool me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 (edited) Why cant they shred them - why use security bins? This is a pretty big issue as when people were worried about what might go wrong with their ID documents everyone was assured security measures were top notch . Now we are told scanned licences are left in boxes on the floor of the office . This was discovered because of the event that was held onthe day but it begs the question whether the documents have been disposed of this way all along and they simply havent been caught out. Edited December 18, 2012 by Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I am stunned that they seem to think secure bins are sufficient. A shredder is not a big expense for an organisation like this. Think they need to read up on privacy laws! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyspazz Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Contents in locked bins are generally shredded by the companies who supply the bins, if they are a reputable business of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megan_ Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 They would have breached their Privacy Policy by doing this. Privacy policies are controlled by legislation. They could be dealing with more than just irate members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda K Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 hope Animals Australia or similar has not gotten hold of this info - if they have any name and address details, I would be worried about more than the potential for money fraud (which in itself is scary enough) - the potential for snatch and grab raids on breeders dogs is also a worry then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchnauzerMax Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Contents in locked bins are generally shredded by the companies who supply the bins, if they are a reputable business of course. Yes, but you have to put the paper in the proper locked bin for it to be shredded. Some people think putting it into the recycling bin is OK because it gets recycled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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