Identity theft TheChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada It’s as if Passport Canada officials were unfamiliar with the term "identity theft." We’re somewhat heartened Ms. Stoddard was able to also report the ...
Passports to nowhere Lethbridge Herald - Lethbridge,AB,Canada “I’m (wondering if) my identity is going to show up on a no-fly list as some terrorist.” According to a Passport Canada official, however, ...
Passport office problems threaten privacy: watchdog The Canadian Press - OTTAWA OTTAWA — The federal privacy watchdog says Canadians applying for passports face serious security risks - including identity theft - because of weaknesses ...
Fake Microsoft Blue Edition products seized in Dartmouth raid TheChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada ... are low-quality counterfeit software burned onto a blue CD and can include tampered code that can leave victims open to data loss and identity theft. ...
Beware identity fraud The Silhouette - Hamilton,ON,Canada The fact that only 13 per cent of identity theft cases are reported to police shows one way in which the problem has been made worse. ...
Cybercrime keeps Canadians on their toes Business Edge - Calgary,Alberta,Canada ... which includes everything from computer viruses to identity theft, and "businesses being hacked and held for ransom," according to the Canadian ...
Soldier comes home to ruin Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada ... hopes to go back to serve in Afghanistan next year. He also hopes his story will serve as a warning to others to protect themselves against identity theft.lso, be sure to see "Archived News" in the next subpage.
Facebook could come back to haunt you ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada Ms. Denham was part of a daylong forum, hosted by Halifax Partners Against Fraud and the Fraud Prevention Forum, to discuss identity theft, ...
Huge identity theft bust in Surrey News1130 - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada SURREY (NEWS1130) - RCMP have made nine arrests in what they're calling the largest identity theft in the Surrey detachment's history. ...
Canada Revenue Agency: Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft Market Wire (press release) - USA ... is launching the Canada Revenue Agency's participation in Fraud Prevention Month by encouraging Canadians to protect themselves against identity theft. ...
Government warns people to protect themselves from scam artists St. John's Telegram - St. John's,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada By giving out this type of information, there is a high risk of identity theft.” Consumers can minimize the risk of identify theft by not giving out any ...
ID theft factory found in Canada United Press International - USA 29 (UPI) -- Canadian police and postal authorities shut down an identity theft ring in British Columbia that had data on tens of thousands of people, ...
Identity theft fastest growing crime The Compass - Carbonear,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada ... the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada suggests the following steps to help ward off individual identity theft: * Minimize the risk. ...
Privacy commissioner recommends New Year’s resolutions for ... Canadian Employment Law Today (subscription) - Toronto,ON,Canada Printing complete card numbers exposes customers to the risk of identity theft. (Some very small businesses may still be manually taking imprints of cards ...
Pen protects against fraud Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada First on the list is the resolution to pay more attention to the issue of fraud and identity theft, which Public Safety Canada says has become one of the ...
A forged Power of Attorney an easy means of Identity Theft By Garry J. Wise, Wise Law Office, Toronto(Garry J. Wise, Wise Law Office, Toronto) Justice Macdonald allowed an innocent home owner’s claim that the mortgage registered by HSBC Bank of Canada on his property was not a valid charge. The home owner, Paul Reviczky, was the victim of fraud whereby his property was sold to ...
Fraud artist kept scams going despite 2006 deportation order Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada Denunciation and general deterrence are paramount considerations in determining the appropriate sentence for identity theft criminals," Dohm said in his Dec ...
ID theft a growing problem for business Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada The information could be sold to marketing firms, or used to commit identity theft. According to a studies released last year by the Ponemon Institute, ...
STAPLES Business Depot Identifies Top At-Risk Behaviours for ... Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada "Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in Canada. Couple that with the fact that 70 per cent of the Canadian public has had some piece of personal ...
Return to Sender Opinion250 News - Prince George,British Columbia,Canada By 250 News Prince George RCMP, in conjunction with Canada Post Investigators, are looking into the theft of two curbside mailboxes. ...
ID theft fight needs more than code change, says privacy exec InterGovWorld.com - Toronto,ON,Canada Privacy officials have welcomed a proposed legislation that would give law enforcement a better arsenal of tools to go after fraudsters and identity thieves ...
Passport security breach repaired, official says Globe and Mail - Canada Identity theft in Canada is on the rise, fuelled in part by advances in technology, according to Inspector Barry Baxter, officer in charge of counterfeit ...
School boards lack privacy protection Globe and Mail - Canada "With adults, we tend to think more of things like identity theft and opening up bank accounts in somebody else's name." Student records could contain ...
Russian Cybercrime Organization Suddenly Vanishes From Web FOX News - USA Dubbed "the mother of cybercrime," RBN has been linked by security firms to child pornography, corporate blackmail, spam attacks and online identity theft. ...
Kivalliq News Nunavut News/North Northern News Services (subscription) - Yellowknife,Northwest Territories,Canada ... Rankin Inlet MLA Tagak Curley said the government should work to educate and protect Nunavut consumers from issues like fraud and identity theft
Applying online? How to click with employers Globe and Mail - Canada Protect yourself from identity theft. Never include your social security number on your résumé and keep any other personal information you don't want others ...
'Safe' reputation being tested: Minister 24 Hours Vancouver - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada The federal Tories will also introduce legislation to fight identity theft and property crime, and add changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act to ...
Facebook Impersonators By Debbie Elicksen Identity theft isn't always about social insurance numbers. It can also be about social networking. As social networking integrates as part of our mainstream culture, we often go into these sites with trusting eyes. ...
Privacy watchdog criticizes data leaks Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada OTTAWA -- Too many businesses are failing to train staff in how to handle personal information, putting consumers at risk of identity theft, Canada's privacy ...
Tories plan to criminalize identity theft Vancouver Sun (subscription) - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada ... of $16 million to the national fraud line PhoneBusters, but the numbers fall significantly short of the suspected cases of identity theft in Canada. ...
Seniors warned about identify theft (3:25 pm) Edmonton Journal (subscription) - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada "You can never be too careful," Ramsay, 69, said today at an identity fraud conference organized by the Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton. ...
Identity crisis situation Ottawa Sun - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada Last year, Capital One Canada's second annual identity theft survey found that an overwhelming majority (73%) of Canadians are concerned about becoming ... See all stories on this topic
Privacy laws need teeth London Free Press - London,Ontario,Canada If nothing else is learned from the news millions of Canadian customers of Winners and HomeSense have been unnecessarily exposed to identity theft since ...
Dion's identity stolen Edmonton Sun - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada "We have contacted MySpace because the site breaches the rules of My- Space for identity theft and we are going to have it taken down," said spokesman ...
Fraud ring involving forged ICBC documents uncovered Canadian Underwriter - Toronto,ON,Canada ... including Revenue Canada documents that contained social insurance numbers enabling the suspects to engage in identity theft, according to the Sun. ...
E-mail scammers on the prowl: official Cape Breton Post - Cape Breton,Nova Scotia,Canada SYDNEY — The hope of a $112 tax rebate may cost Internet users a lot more if they answer an e-mail identity theft scam now making the rounds. ...
RRSP request leads to SNAFU Global National - Burnaby,BC,Canada The Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus estimates that identity theft costs the Canadian economy about $2.5 billion annually. ...
E-waste recycling fees coming The Leader - Surrey,British Columbia,Canada Another issue with salvagers are concerns that some may fish out sensitive data and use it for identity theft. While the new system will aim to ensure that ...
Nanaimo woman suprised by ID theft Nanaimo News Bulletin - BC, Canada ... PhoneBusters is the central agency in Canada that collects information on telemarketing scams, advanced fee fraud letters and identity theft complaints and ...
Cabinet filled with census files sold at auction Edmonton Journal (subscription) - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada ... "Identitytheft is huge ... Jerry Page, Statistics Canada director for the western region, said the agency has detailed written instructions in place to check each ...
Pizza receipts land in trash 24 Hours Vancouver - Canada ... credit-card numbers, expiry dates and signatures on there that makes it very obvious to identity theft.". According to Gord Jamieson, Visa Canada's director of ...
Guard the information you take out of the office, urges Privacy ... Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada 7 /CNW/ - In a number of recent cases, thousands of people have found themselves facing the potential threat of identity theft simply because someone took a ...
Scam artists taking new tack to get cash London Free Press - Canada ... John Kane, a spokesperson for the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, a federal ... end of February this year, there had been 1,137 identity theft complaints for ...
ID theft hits home in Canada Register - London,England,UK Identity thieves posed as home owners in order to sell the rental property of an ... Paul Reviczky, 89, who fled Hungary for Canada in 1957 in order to escape ...
Identity theft haul almost $100,000 (10:45 am) Edmonton Journal (subscription) - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada ... Check the EPS website at www.police.edmonton.ab.ca and click on Crime Prevention Unit and then on Identity Theft for tips on how to recognize identity theft...
'Credit card factory' closed by identity theft task force The Leader - Surrey,British Columbia,Canada A raid by the Surrey Identity Theft Unit (SITU) on a local house earlier this ... Police also found a number of counterfeit Canada Post mail keys and locks, as ...
