We are pleased to announce the official launch of the Canadian Identity Theft Support Centre! After years of planning and development, the Centre is now fully operational and is currently receiving phone calls from victims across the nation.
Last week, CITSC held
simultaneous launches in Vancouver and Ottawa. In Ottawa, the Privacy
Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart, delivered an insightful speech
detailing the importance of keeping our private information private. In the
Ottawa Citizen, Privacy Commissioner Stoddart relayed just how complicated of
an issue identity theft is, stating that ‘it has no simple or single solution.
We need many players working together to help Canadians”.
We agree, which is why we are
working hard to create a dialogue between businesses, government bodies and
consumers in order to decrease the access points where identity theft occurs.
At this point there has been a significant delay in the response to identity
crimes in Canada which is one of the reasons that the crime is so persistent.
The Centre is an initiative of
the Canadian Identity Theft Prevention Association and the purpose is to assist
Canadians in helping to solve their cases of identity theft. Advisors at the
Centre directly assist the victims that call in with their problems of identity
theft. Guidance is tailored to the needs of each individual caller because the
severity and the type of identity theft determine the appropriate response. Our
identity theft advisors are highly skilled experts in their field and
At CITSC, we believe that the
greatest tool to protect Canadians from identity theft is education. Because of
this, we have developed a number of tools and various types of resources to
help Canadians prevent identity theft themselves. To learn more- visit our
website at www.idtheftsupportcentre.org.
If you are a Canadian who has become a victim of identity theft, call our
toll-free hotline at 1-866-436-5461.
Keep reading our blog for updates
on trends and threats to your personal information!
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