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Australia part of ‘Quintet’ of nations meeting to discuss cyber-crime

By | July 11th, 2011|Identity Theft, Industry News|

Identity theft is proving to be the new wave of crime, and the worst part of it is - it [...]

Privacy Commissioner releases findings on Telstra mailout error

By | July 8th, 2011|Identity Theft, Industry News, Privacy Commissioner|

Whenever the public are in danger of having their credit file tarnished due to data breaches which can result in identity theft, [...]

Caught affluenza? How it can affect your credit rating health

By | July 7th, 2011|Consumer, Industry News|

Affluenza is a disease of the 21st Century that can make us sick, and it can make our credit file [...]

Government survey reveals our fears of identity theft

By | July 4th, 2011|Identity Theft|

A Governement survey on identity theft reveals 9 out of 10 Australians are concerned or very concerned about identity theft and [...]

Identity theft warning: Microsoft phone scam

By | June 30th, 2011|Identity Theft, Industry News|

Microsoft customers should be alerted to possible identity theft, as a phone scam involving fake computer security engineers who contact [...]

End of financial year best time to check our credit file

By | June 30th, 2011|Industry News, media releases, Press Releases|

Media Release: The end of the financial year is an opportune time for people to check their credit rating and get it [...]

Government brings in new laws in war against cyber-crime and identity theft

By | June 23rd, 2011|Identity Theft, Industry News|

The Australian Government yesterday made some swift changes to its laws in a bid to accelerate its effectiveness in fighting [...]

Identity Theft News: The Latest Warnings and Recommendations

By | June 21st, 2011|Identity Theft, Industry News|

In this post, we take a snapshot look at the current issues around identity theft crime. If you are new [...]

What We Can Do to Prevent Identity Theft

By | June 16th, 2011|Identity Theft, Industry News|

So far this year we have posted about many issues that have arisen concerning the security of our personal information [...]

Don’t let a bad credit rating force you into unsuitable finance

By | June 14th, 2011|Consumer, Defaults Removed, Industry News|

The Age recently reported on a Tribunal hearing involving a well-known finance company. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal found [...]

Australian government stepping in to combat high-tech crime

By | June 5th, 2011|Consumer, Identity Theft|

The Attorney-General, Robert McLelland announced on Friday the Government will be conducting Australia’s first ever white paper to help educate [...]

Cyber security – it concerns our credit file

By | June 1st, 2011|Identity Theft, Industry News, Privacy Commissioner|

It’s National Cyber Security Awareness Week this week, from 30 May to 3 June. The Government holds this week to [...]

What thieves can do with your mail

By | May 27th, 2011|Identity Theft, media releases, Press Releases|

Media Release: Australians are warned to keep their letterbox locked and all personal information at home secure if they want [...]

Identity theft is losing your good name

By | May 27th, 2011|Identity Theft, media releases, Press Releases|

Media Release: A prominent Welsh comedian has called for governments to insist on stricter checks by creditors to help combat [...]

Home buyers require a clear credit rating as much as a good deposit

By | May 23rd, 2011|Industry News|

 A lot of people request help with credit repair when they are in the process of buying a home. Many [...]

Australians might dip out on class action against Sony

By | May 11th, 2011|Identity Theft, Industry News|

It seems to get more unfair for PlayStation users here in Australia that were affected by the data breach which occurred [...]

Experian plans to enter Australian credit reporting – good news or bad?

By | May 10th, 2011|Industry News|

A newly formed credit reporting agency is set to change the nature of credit reporting in Australia. UK credit reporting [...]