Identity theft refers to any impersonation or misappropriation of an individual’s identity. It can take many forms, such as misusing personal information to open new credit card accounts, take out loans, fill out legal documents such as crime reports or leases, obtain passports, etc. Aided by the increase in digitization and online information, identity theft is rapidly becoming a major worldwide problem for businesses, governments, and citizens. This talk will explore key issues of this phenomenon that is rapidly becoming “the crime of the century”, focusing on what you can do to protect yourself and your family against these criminals.
Dr. Milena Head is a Professor of Information Systems at the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University. Dr. Head’s passion is electronic business and human-computer interaction. She seeks to answer important questions such as: How do we build trust in a virtual environment? How can the interface be designed to help instill this trust? How do Canadians adapt to and adopt new technologies? How does this differ in cultures from around the world? She is an accomplished researcher that has published over 70 papers in respected academic journals, books and conferences.
Wednesday, October 27th
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Parks Canada Discovery Centre, Hamilton Harbour
Free!