CIPPIC testifies before Parliamentary Committee on ID Theft

CIPPIC testified today before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics ("ETHI" Committee) on Identity Theft. CIPPIC's submission calls for a coordinated national strategy involving all stakeholders, which strategy should include amending PIPEDA to create meaningful incentives for compliance, mandating the FCAC to undertake a national public awareness campaign focused on common ID theft scams, establishing a national ID theft victim assistance bureau, and providing consumers with rights that improve their ability to detect, prevent, and mitigate the effects of ID theft.