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ACT Canada was formed in 1989 for the purposes of promoting the awareness, understanding and use of advanced card technologies. We are pleased to provide interviews to the press. If you are interested in arranging an interview, please contact us at + 1 905 426-6360 or via email at info@actcda.com.

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Press Releases
Please click on the links below to view press releases from ACT Canada. Our press releases are saved in PDF format so you will Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to open these files.

Cross Border Identity Management: Background Paper
November 9, 2007
This background paper addresses some of the card technology industry's concerns about the use of vicinity or long range (read) RFID for identity management.

New Help for Canadian Retailers
October 31, 2007
Toronto - Catherine Johnston, President & CEO of ACT Canada, today offered help to Canadian retailers converting to EMV (Europay, MasterCard, Visa) payment.

New Privacy Design Tools Launched
April 27, 2007
ACT Canada announces that the release of a new privacy design tools in response to governments and other issuers who choose to use contactless or RFID card technologies.

Premiers Must Leverage Cross Border ID
February 27, 2007
Catherine Johnston, ACT Canada's President & CEO, called upon all provincial governments to plan beyond the short term opportunity to use driver's licences for cross border ID.


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