Ontario privacy, should I be worried?

Post date: 2018-09-20 16:39:40

A short-term gig I worked on lost some paperwork I'd filled out, with personal info. How bad is that?

I did a one-day job at a temporary location and filled out a standard employment form for my field, on paper, which included my:

name
social insurance number,
driver's license number,
home address,
signature.

The company just emailed to ask me to submit the form... which means they lost the one I filled out that day.

Working on location is inherently disorganized, so most likely my form either got tossed in the trash or is just crammed in with some other stuff that hasn't been unpacked yet. It's pretty unlikely that an identity fraudster just happened to show up at that location on that day and stole my form.

But I'm annoyed that they collected this info from me and didn't treat it carefully. I need to be less annoyed, as the company is owned by some social acquaintances who hire me occasionally, so it's in my best interests to make nice.

So, what are the actual risks with this info being "out there"? How should I think about this so I can stop being irritated at these people?
Thanks!

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