Insurer violated crash victim’s rights by accessing his credit score, federal watchdog rules

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An insurance company handling a car-crash victim’s accident claim violated the senior citizen’s privacy rights by accessing his credit rating for no good reason, the federal Privacy Commissioner has ruled.

The Personal Insurance Company argued it needs such information to help weed out fraudulent claims, but the privacy watchdog said there was little evidence that examining clients’ credit worthiness helps counter insurance cheating.

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This article is summarized by Canadian Fraud News Inc.