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Information & Ethics committee So far we have about 1,700 Canadians. Toni has an updated number as of this morning.
December 4th, 2017Committee meeting
John Russo
Information & Ethics committee The initial mailing, just to set the level, was 8,000. Of those 8,000, over 1,600 people have subscribed to that. The second mailing in regard to the 11,000 went out within the last few days, so we're seeing an uptick in terms of people starting to subscribe to that. It was 22%.
December 4th, 2017Committee meeting
John Russo
Information & Ethics committee We'll make our best efforts to.
December 4th, 2017Committee meeting
John Russo
Information & Ethics committee To the best of my knowledge, not to my knowledge. Toni can speak to consumer relations.
December 4th, 2017Committee meeting
John Russo
Information & Ethics committee Our former CEO, Rick Smith, was told about the suspicious activity on July 31.
December 4th, 2017Committee meeting
John Russo
Information & Ethics committee I am here in my capacity as Canadian CPO.
December 4th, 2017Committee meeting
John Russo
Information & Ethics committee I wouldn't have that knowledge. I wouldn't be privy to that information. Sorry.
December 4th, 2017Committee meeting
John Russo
Information & Ethics committee With regard to the impacted data, our core consumer and credit database, the daily transactions we do with banks, the information we sell to the banks, was not impacted at all here in Canada. Again, the 18,000 was with regard to payment, process, and data that resided in the U.S.
December 4th, 2017Committee meeting
John Russo
Information & Ethics committee That's at the board level, and I'm not privy to that decision. I can assure you that I've worked with Mr. Barros for the past 10 years. He has been in many capacities, as international president and as president of U.S. business, and he's a man of integrity. His background is in
December 4th, 2017Committee meeting
John Russo
Information & Ethics committee Thank you very much for those two questions. In regard to what we're doing here in Canada, as I mentioned, we've retained globally PwC and Mandiant to work with all the Equifax entities. We have 24 companies across the world, and we're working with them. In terms of the closed
December 4th, 2017Committee meeting
John Russo
Information & Ethics committee Similar to our U.S. consumer offering, as you heard from our interim CEO, Paulino Barros, by the end of January, with this service, consumers will have greater control of their information. For example, if I have a mobile device and I want to lock my credit file, the functionali
December 4th, 2017Committee meeting
John Russo
Information & Ethics committee That functionality would allow you in the future to be at the bank, and at your fingertips, to unlock that functionality. You know that at this one instance you're going to unlock it for the bank to adjudicate you for your car lease or your loan. At the same time, there are fea
December 4th, 2017Committee meeting
John Russo
Information & Ethics committee That's an excellent question, Mr. Kent. We're looking at all alternatives with regard to how we can better do our business. Security starts with us as employees, and I can assure you, as our interim CEO said in the Senate hearings, that we will fix this, and whatever the options
December 4th, 2017Committee meeting
John Russo
Information & Ethics committee In the U.S., there have been similar instances with some of our competitors over the years, with incidents of data breaches and incidents regarding their consumers and personal information.
December 4th, 2017Committee meeting
John Russo
Information & Ethics committee You're welcome. Thank you for your questions.
December 4th, 2017Committee meeting
John Russo