Canada Cities Fight Identity Theft With "Community Shredding Day"

Local police and the Better Business Bureau in Vancouver, British Columbia marked the end of Fraud Prevention Month with "Community Shredding Day" as a way to encourage the shredding of personal documents to combat identity theft, as reported on the website of CKNW-AM Radio 980. For more, see Beat identity theft by shredding.

The Guardian (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada) reports:

• "To mark the end of Fraud Prevention Month, Capital One and Shred-it have teamed up to sponsor the National Canadian Community Shred. This was the second year the two companies have joined forces."
• "The event was held Saturday in more than 20 cities across Canada. Citizens could bring all of their unwanted personal documents to the event to be shredded."
• "In Charlottetown, there was a Shred-it truck parked in the Wal-Mart parking lot."

For more, see Identify theft a growing problem.

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