Equifax Canada Offers Suggestions for Safe Online Shopping and Identity Theft Protection

(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 03/01/12 -- Equifax Canada offers a number of suggestions for Fraud Protection Month this March.

"Canadians spend a lot of time online," says John Russo, Vice President, Legal Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, Equifax Canada. "Almost half of us shop online, we have about 13 million Facebook and 3.5 million Twitter accounts, and we send nearly five billion text messages each month, according to the Better Business Bureau. Because of this high degree of online activity, we are also susceptible to online fraud."

Here are some suggestions for safe online shopping, courtesy of Equifax Canada, the country's largest credit reporting agency:

Russo notes that thousands of Canadians are victims of identity theft every year. Some suggestions to help in that area, courtesy of Equifax Canada:

For more information, please visit Equifax Canada at or call 1-800-465-7166.

About Equifax

Equifax is a global leader in consumer and commercial information solutions, providing businesses of all sizes and consumers with information they can trust. We organize and assimilate data on more than 500 million consumers and 81 million businesses worldwide, and use advanced analytics and proprietary technology to create and deliver customized insights that enrich both the performance of businesses and the lives of consumers.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Equifax operates or has investments in 17 countries and is a member of Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500® Index. Its common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol EFX. For more information, please visit



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Equifax Canada
Tom Carroll
Media Relations
(416) 227-5290



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Mark LaVigne, APR, FCPRS
905-841-2017 (office) or 416-884-2018 (cell)

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