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Australian Sites
Attorney-Generals National Crime Prevention site offers a kit to prevent and respond to identity theft.Identity Theft Kit
Australasian Centre for Policing Research is coordinating a national approach to combat identity theft.
http://www.acpr.gov.au/research_idcrime.asp
One of the Australian credit reporting agencies that holds personal credit records is Baycorp Advantage.
http://www.baycorpadvantage.com
Another personal credit reporting agency is Dun and Bradstreet (Australia)
http://www.dnb.com.au
Identity fraud prevention tips are available from the Australian Institute of Criminology website.
http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/crm/crm014.html
The Australian Privacy Foundation details the privacy requirements of the individual and of personal data.
http://privacy.org.au/Issues/
The Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 is available from the Australasian Legal Information Institute website.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/clca1935262/
The Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 is available from the Australasian Legal Information Institute website.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ftra1988308/
Examples of scams, including those involving identity fraud, can be found via the Office of Consumer and Business Affairs website
http://www.ocba.sa.gov.au/scams/
How to recognise a legitimate credit card and other fraud prevention strategies are detailed on theSouth Australian Police Commercial and Electronic Crime Branch website
http://www.sapolice.sa.gov.au/crime/fraud/ftfhome.htm
The Victims of Crime website includes the rights of victims and what support services are available.
http://www.voc.sa.gov.au/
Non-Australian sites
The following sites have considerable information specifically on Identity Theft. However note that their laws do not apply in Australia and procedures may be considerably different.Identity Theft Resource Center - USA
http://www.idtheftcenter.org
US Government Central Website re Identity Theft
http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/index.html
Federal Trade Commission (US) re ID Theft
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/idtheft.htm
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