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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
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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 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.
Political Leaders
Can't Ignore the
Alarming
Consumer Fraud Toll
September 8, 2003
Catherine Johnston, ACT Canada's President
& CEO, accused the political leaders
campaigning in the Ontario election of ignoring
the most popular form of consumer fraud,
currently the fastest growing crime in our
society.
ACT Canada Fully Endorses Visa Canada's Smart
Credit Cards
June 24, 2003
Catherine Johnston, ACT Canada's President
& CEO, announced that ACT Canada fully
endorses today's announcement by Visa Canada
that will result in the new Visa smart (chip)
credit cards eventually replacing current
magnetic stripe cards.
ACT Member Uses PIA
to Ensure Privacy
for
Their Clients
April 24, 2003
ACT Canada is pleased to announce that WorkOne
International Inc. is the first multi-action
smart card provider to undertake a Privacy
Impact Assessment (PIA) as part of its commitment
to client privacy.
Canadians More Vulnerable
to Identity Theft
September 30, 2002
Catherine Johnston, ACT Canada's President
& CEO, issues a warning regarding the
social, economic and personal costs associated
with the escalating issue of identity theft.
All in the Cards
- Technology in Government
Article
August 2002
Catherine Johnston, ACT Canada's President
& CEO, provides her insights on the need
to move to smart cards in Canada. This article
looks at issues such as identity theft and
fraud. The article was published in Technology
in Government, July/August 2002, Vol. 9 No.
8.
Response to Smart
Card Security Breach
article
May 13, 2002
This letter was written in response to the
May 12, 2002 New York Times article reporting
a security flaw in smart cards.
Identity Theft
March 18, 2002
A message from ACT Canada's President &
CEO, Catherine Johnston, regarding the alarming
growth rate of identity theft in North America.
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