Yes, it certainly sells more than tires. It is basically a WalMart style discount store. And yes, it owns several other chains as well. But still, he says he's never been to Canada, and Canadian Tire and the other chains aren't operating in the US.
I think his point in general sticks, i.e. that businesses that he will never use, or have any common interest with, have got hold of his data.
I frequently get spam emails telling that the American tax service needs my details or my American medical insurance does. Sometimes I get ones telling me I've been shopping at some automobile store in the USA. I don't live in the USA, so neither of these are relevant to me, but it lets me know my email address is on some databases with a number of Americans.
One of the comments notes that Canadian Tire were "the only ones bothering to warn people that the company they use was compromised.
"Over here in the US I remember seeing something like that a number of years back. The card systems a bunch of retailers used was compromised and Target was the only one that bothered to tell everyone. And most people never knew if they used those other places they were compromised even if they didn't go to Target."
I left Canada 11 years ago. It has been even longer since I bought from CT. I am in the breach. I wonder which address they have.
He misunderstands what Canadian Tire is. It is a pretty large conglomerate of businesses.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tire
Yes, it certainly sells more than tires. It is basically a WalMart style discount store. And yes, it owns several other chains as well. But still, he says he's never been to Canada, and Canadian Tire and the other chains aren't operating in the US.
Up until last year they owned Helly Hansen. That would be my bet for the source of the data. Also own a bunch of product brands.
I think his point in general sticks, i.e. that businesses that he will never use, or have any common interest with, have got hold of his data.
I frequently get spam emails telling that the American tax service needs my details or my American medical insurance does. Sometimes I get ones telling me I've been shopping at some automobile store in the USA. I don't live in the USA, so neither of these are relevant to me, but it lets me know my email address is on some databases with a number of Americans.
One of the comments notes that Canadian Tire were "the only ones bothering to warn people that the company they use was compromised.
"Over here in the US I remember seeing something like that a number of years back. The card systems a bunch of retailers used was compromised and Target was the only one that bothered to tell everyone. And most people never knew if they used those other places they were compromised even if they didn't go to Target."
i'd say it was closer to Target, or tried to position itself as Target in Canada (since Target failed hard in CAN)
but it's mostly a home-and-hardware sort of store.
it also plays a foil to the real or perceived evilness of Walmart -- here is a less blatantly evil, Canadian alternative