Toronto woman sues Rogers after her affair is exposed

Here's an interesting story in today's Toronto Star:

A Toronto woman says the billing practices of Rogers Wireless Inc. led to her husband discovering her extramarital affair.

Now the woman, whose husband walked out, is suing the communications giant for $600,000 for alleged invasion of privacy and breach of contract, the results of which she says have ruined her life.

In 2007, the woman had a cellphone account with Rogers which sent the monthly bill to her home address in her maiden name. Her husband was the account holder for the family's cable TV service at the same address. Around June 4, 2007, he called Rogers to add internet and home phone.

The following month, Rogers mailed a “global” invoice for all of its services to the matrimonial home that included an itemized bill for the woman's cellular service.

When the husband opened the Rogers invoice, he saw several hour-long phone calls to a single phone number. He called the number, spoke to the "third party" who confirmed the affair, which had lasted only a few weeks.

I lost everything,” she says. “I want others to know what a big corporation has done. I trusted Rogers with my personal information. We had a contract — and agreement that put my life right in their hands.”

You can read the rest of the story here.

I'm surprised that Rogers would bundle all their services onto one invoice since the names are different even if the address is the same.

What a way to get caught! It should be interesting to see how this goes.

This is definitely karma biting her in the butt. What do you think?