Identity Theft Kit

The Australian National Crime Prevention Program (NCP) has just launched an information kit "to prevent and respond to identity theft’’ . The project forms part of NCP’s priority work on public safety, using a ’whole-of-government’ approach.

Some of the main partners involved in the production of the kit included: The Australian Institute of Criminology, Australian Federal Police, Australian Crime Commission, Australasian Centre for Policing Research,  Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, and Centrelink. State, Territorial and international governments, and business and finance sectors were also involved.

The kit contains information on the estimated costs of identity fraud, ways to identify how you might be vulnerable, and describes how to avoid becoming an identity theft victim.

The kit can be downloaded  here.