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THE HERALD Wednesday October 1976 DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN Plenty of FREE PARKING Look at all the Financial and Institutional Services you have DOWNTOWN Computers pose a threat to individual privacy Ontario government lawyer tells womens club Din alienor MARY HUGHES UNIVERSITY WOMENS CLUB CAREER DAY CONVENOR CHATS WITH KEN and MICHELLE PURDY professionals at Career Day Grade 12 end 13 Georgetown and district high school GDHS students had the opportunity to meet GO professionals Thursday University Women Club members Eleanor Mary Hughes and Carol started organizing Career Expo last spring I think it was probably very successful said president Mrs Scarth adding that some of the career representative offered to come back another year and many told her they learning more about lucrative Career day was kicked off a speech by director of Sheridan College Centre for Women Wilkinson An education consultant she urged young people to enter any career which attracts them regardless of traditional sex stereotyped occupations Show were two Urns Welcome to the Working World depicting people in a wide variety of Jobs and The Fable lie and She satirizing the she nurse syndrome Following the movies students gathered in the gymnasium to chat with the GO professionals A lot of people like the Royal Bank for Term Plan Loans For when it makes good sense to borrow Should I Borrow is a question we all ask ourselves at one time or another But now its a lot easier to come up with the right answers Because the Royal Bank has put most of the answers into a new booklet called Should I Borrow It explains how interest and time payments work how to examine your budget to see what you can afford and almost everything else you should take into consideration Why not drop in today and pick up your free copy If you have any questions please come see me or one of the staff ROYAL BANK serving Ontario CARRIAGE CLUB MENS DRESS SHIRTS Up To Date Prints For Fashion Polyester For Comfort si NOW 1298 LEVI PANTOMIME JEANS Get Into The Soft Denim Blues Super Fit Is A Little More Subtle cause the denims softer MSI Elsewhere SI 498 Government the University Women Club on the issue of invasion of privacy Computers rilher wiretapping pose a eat to the While wiretapping is governed by law the a LUim illation of ita is largely uncontrolled mm an Individual application for a job or subs tribes to magazine he adds to the computer data on self Credit cards medicare and insurance coiitribuk to Hie fund of in Thanks lo compilers pru personal and medical records are aiaihble to my that can a business reason for pun liasmg data For three dollars an agency can buy computerized information on you he collection of information is often justified the mtere sis of a good cause National security and in are among those are of enrolment in a class could cause a man or mean the loss of job As a result man might pais up the chance to learn a useful skill to be on the safe side Computer data may have sions on the hiring situation once it was possible to make a Rood first Impression it is now likely that he tan for a jolj is up against preconceived notions about him based on computer files reports are apt lo be disregarding the person factor may be detrimental to as ii deprives people a ehance lo make a fresh start In the past people who made nils ikes a better life Now dnnnging reeords they a unforeseen The high Incidence of error may be attributed to the fact that investigators are largely untrained Since they lend to he poorly piid it is not sing that many fall to lake a profession interesl in their computer pool it may be repeated any number of Unfortunately a appearance no matter how loaded with errors In 1U73 the government ltd some restrictions on inlo rinatuin to protect the from the record Data may not be sold after seven years though it may be kept on file An insurance company must notify a person in writing of it is getting a credit report The individual has the legal right to request the name of the agency submitting the report He may then demand see his files The agency must submit to all such written requests A member of its Staff must exp lain the coded report An In dividual has the right to take someone with him when he visits the agency In addition he has the right to copy the report He may also demand to know all the firms or Individ tin Is to whom the Information was sold In the case of error the individual may demand a cor rcction ft is the responsibility of he agency to send the correction lo all the companies that bought the original rcc Often this applies to records of debts that have been paid Faulty records can ruin credit rating Should an agency fait to error thcindividual can notify the Ontario Gover nment Reels trar at 555 Street Toronto This action can result in the cancellation of an agencys licence Though the Ontario Govern ment acknowledges Ihe need or laws lo protect the Individual the problem of co mputer information has not yet been solved Several large firms send data on Canadians to Hie S A A further compli cation Is the electronic funds transfer system which may be expected to be In operation within the next five to ten years Under this system the price of a purchase will be electronically deducted from ones bank account before one has left the store What errors and frustrations this will lead to can only be guessed Diane concluded that the need for well defined laws to protect the Individual from invasion of privacy becomes urgent as more sophisticated puter information mpts reform fare rolls to need Again the Children s Aid Sociely requins reliable on prospective foster parents There is no end the proper uses of data worthwile some its uses the spread of inform on the indindu il has many unfortunate side of spontaneity is a ihle result of the psychological stress of Imng under surged la nee simple thing like a Computer dala may also be a threat as it is open politieal abuse Records of personal weaknesses may lie used in a totalitarian stale for purposes of ilinn A situation like in could become a reality Imagine whit Miller could hut done in there is too much informal in In am power lo few less prom to error Canadians would lie However infurialing angers problems These from inability lo buy I a job indiMduals are not range Usually why Official plan meetings a success says n responses have been i Region official plan held during Sep ma number ofngioml fler Morrow echoed saying lh held Sept pi good icnis The about ley sought public the direction land ial goals of the regie I the responses 107 MAIN ST 8779233 GEORGETOWN DECORATING CENTRE Main South Downtown EXPANDING And Clearing Out Its Present Stock Of WALLPAPER Over 200 Patterns To Choose Most Patterns Scrubbable Vinyls DOWNTOWN Georgetown A HOST OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES One of the exciting things about coming to Downtown Georgetown on your weekly shopping trips Is that there Is a host Financial Institutional and Professional services available to you Whether you need to do some banking buy a license or discuss a problem with- a lawyer everything Is readily available Doctors Travel agencies Banks Downtown Georgetown has everything