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Australias Federal Government to Criminalize Identity Theft
The federal government of Australia has made its proposed legislation on identity theft available for public comment. The legislation, when passed, will create three new criminal offences: identity crime, including identity theft and identity fraud; selling of identity data; and, possessing equipment to create identity information. In addition, the legislation proposes that victims of identity theft be furnished with court-issued certificates in an effort to help lessen the damages they suffered and restore their credit ratings. Queensland and South Australia are currently the only two jurisdictions that have identity theft-specific offences in Australia.
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