Mexican Authorities Warn of Online Identity Theft Prensa Latina
go to original January 20, 2016

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The theft of data via e-mail, phones and tablets are the methods most commonly used in Mexico for identity theft, alerted the authorities.

The National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI) described as identity theft as the obtaining and unauthorized and illegal use of personal data with serious consequences that may involve economic and time losses, and also crimes.

It indicated that in social networks can be obtained data about a person, such as name, age, date of birth, photograph, familial, school, and work information, among others, making it easy for criminals to steal an identity.

When you think about identity theft, it is associated with information related to financial activities (numbers of credit cards, bank), but actually, identity theft can affect other areas of the person, as its reputation, said the INAI in a statement.

The Institute made available to the public guidelines for preventing identity theft, with recommendations to avoid becoming a victim of this crime, detect it and know how to challenge this illegal practice, which can be consulted on the website of INAI.

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