Alert: Identity theft is becoming more common – PT Journal

Beware of identity theft: it is an increasingly common crime. The European Data Protection Day (today), the alert of the National Data Protection Commission (ICPD) recommended an increased focus on sharing data in documents and social networks

<- ad injection:.! random ->

The problem, said the ICPD, in a statement issued yesterday, is the proliferation of photocopies and scans personal documents, as well as the use of data on the identity of sites and services . the internet

With 2016 set to be the year of the fight against identity theft, the CNPD traced preventive initiatives as one of the priorities

. <-! ad injection: random ->

An example: it is illegal to require a copy of the citizen card, as in various types of contracts

The fifth article of the law 7/2007, the law of the card. citizen, defines what is “forbidden the reproduction of the citizen card a photocopy or any other means without the consent of the holder, except as expressly provided by law or by decision of judicial authority”.

” The retention or preservation of the citizen’s card “is also illegal when it is requested as a person’s identity proof.

According to the DPA, there has been” a clear abuse the requirement to photocopy or scan of identity documents as well as the disclosure of identification numbers on open networks, which calls for urgent action to protect citizens’

<- ad injection:.! random-->

The statement also warned of the excessive dissemination of personal data, in particular the information contained in identification documents because “feeds the growing trend of identity theft” and violates “the data protection rules for insufficient security measures, technical and organizational. “

The fight against identity theft crime” requires the committed involvement of all, “he insisted the ICPD, especially in the digital world in which identity is electronically authenticated .