Since Choicepoint, more reports are being made of privacy breaches in organisations such as financial institutions. BeSpacific points to this chronology of data breaches since Choicepoint. Is your customers’ information really secure?

On the other side, if you are a financial institution how can you ensure the customer is who he or she says he is? The Australian Payments Clearing Association has announced a new electronic Identity Document Reference Guide to help test the authenticity of identification documents. See the APCA Payment Monitor 1st Quarter 2005.