Canada is joined by the U.S. in the sharing of identity information such as fingerprints to crack down on unlawful immigration. The use of biometric technology is a powerful tool for preventing terrorists and criminals from crossing the shared borders of the two countries.
ID News Archive for November, 2009
Canada, U.S. Will Share Refugee Fingerprints
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Protect Your ID and Payment Cards
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Protecting your ID and payment cards should be on your list of priorities as magnetic stripe readers are sometimes altered by scam artists. Next year Canada will implement chip technology that will make transactions more secure.