Very concerned about the state of CASC BoD

[rainman]

I came across this post link (http://www.solocanada.ca/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=102&start=0) last night and found it very disturbing. Some serious accusations are being made that I would best describe as hearsay. What concerns me most is that there is a claim that at least a couple CASC BoD members are forwarding what should be confidential information to a third party. How does this impact us? Well for one, the CASC has confidential information about its members that I'm sure we wouldn't necessarily want leaked to other persons/agencies.

So what gives???? I certainly hope that there isn't a shred of truth to any of this. I'd like to hear the BoD's response to this on this public forum as this was originally brought to my attention in a public forum.

Thank you in advance,
Alec Chalvardjian

[MitS]

The link is now dead. From what I read, it probably should be.

[gatherer]

that thread was removed but the question is still valid. privacy laws in this country prevent handing personal information to a third party without consent, I hope CASC is looking into this.

[ellswrth]

I'd like to hear the BoD's response to this on this public forum as this was originally brought to my attention in a public forum.
The material you saw posted on the SoloCanada website was copied from a private area on the CASC-OR Forums. There is a restricted area on the CASC-OR forums which is accessible only by members of the board of directors for private discussion. The comments you have seen posted were (and in fact still are) in that restricted area.

A forum member had their posting privileges suspended on the CASC-OR board, and in the course of removing their privileges was accidentally given access to the private area for about one day before the error was discovered. This happened on December 21, 2004.

The suspended forum member apparently copied the contents of the private forum and has e-mailed them to a number of people between December 21 and now. They were posted on the SoloCanada website that was linked to in your message on February 27, and apparently were removed sometime this morning.

No CASC Board Of Directors member e-mailed the material you saw posted on the SoloCanada website to the person who posted it or any other person.

Additionally, no member of the CASC Board Of Directors is providing any confidential information about the organization or its membership to any party.

We regret the error made in December. However, it affected ONLY the CASC-OR Message Forums. We assure you that any of your personal confidential information which CASC-OR posesses is not and never has been at risk of being publically distributed. For further information please refer to the CASC-OR Policy Appendix F: Privacy Policy which can be seen here (http://www.casc.on.ca/documents/policyappdxf.pdf) on the CASC-OR website.

Scott Ellsworth
Vice President
CASC Ontario Region

[miataboi]

Originally posted by gatherer
that thread was removed but the question is still valid. privacy laws in this country prevent handing personal information to a third party without consent, I hope CASC is looking into this.

check the REAL definition of "personal"

[rainman]

Thank you very much for your reply Scott. I'm glad to hear that there was no involvement whatsoever with CASC BoD members. I can appreciate that mistakes happen, after all we're human :)

Miataboi: please tell me you're not condoning this type of vindictive, malicious behaviour witnessed by many. I don't think a public forum is the place to air dirty laundry and it certainly doesn't do anything to further the hobby we all devote so much time and effort to. Additionally there was a very serious claim involving the CASC BoD that proved to be completely without merit. These sorts of posts only serve to polarize what should be a close knit community of dedicated hobbyists. If there are disagreements between parties, they should work out their differences behind closed doors.

Trying to discredit individuals in a public forum is infantile. To do it without accurately substantiating sources of information for all to consider is destructive to say the least. I certainly hope that all those concerned just bury the hatchet and move on.

Now let's get back to the task at hand; getting our cars and ourselves ready for 2005 competition :D

[miataboi]

Originally posted by rainman

Miataboi: please tell me you're not condoning this type of vindictive, malicious behaviour witnessed by many.


Uhhh no.

Just think it's funny to see amateurs playing lawyer based on a toronto star headline.

Personal needs to be personally identifyable... like name & home address... and then... only if it's not a home business, etc.

[rainman]

gotcha!

[gatherer]

Originally posted by miataboi
Personal needs to be personally identifyable... like name & home address... and then... only if it's not a home business, etc.

yes and CASC does have this information for things like licensing and all those forms that get filled out for series registration. Of course it isn't personally Identifible if you lie on all those forms and stuff. but if filled out correctly they get the following information:

Name, address, Apt#, City, Phone number, Postal code, Drivers license number, Car Make and Model, License plate number... And thats just from the solo 2 regional series registration form.

that is a huge list of Personally Identifible bits of information.

I'm not saying I mind giving that information, because I don't, however I do think in an age where identity theft is becoming common place it be nice to know that security is one of the concerns.

Scott,

Thank you for the reply. it is much appriaciated.