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How can I protect my Social Insurance Number and my SIN card?
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There are a number of things you can do to protect your Social Insurance Number (SIN) and your SIN card:
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Only provide your Social Insurance Number if you know that it is legally required.
. @4 L% g8 p2 RContact Service Canada if you change your name, your citizenship status changes, information on your SIN record is incorrect or incomplete, or if there is a death in your family., b v2 @% g" V5 X
Inform Service Canada if your SIN card is lost or if you suspect that your SIN is being wrongly used.& d& T2 o- O7 j. W. o2 k/ U1 Z
For more information on how to protect your SIN, follow these tips:/ V8 l1 `/ J9 A8 b! ~
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Don't carry your SIN card with you unless you know you will have to show it that day, for example, when starting a new job.
/ ^3 r- s# K3 |7 Z5 r# Y) \Store your card safely, for example, in a secure file cabinet at home or in a safety deposit box.
; q+ g& e; Y* Z5 hNever use your SIN card as a piece of identification. Doing so puts your SIN and personal information at risk. l$ g$ {2 Y" P; ~+ d
Don't provide your SIN over the phone unless you make the call and you know with whom you are dealing.
- N7 A, V( M( A6 V: R! E; {: }; P+ jNever reply to e-mails that request personal information such as your SIN.
$ ?2 q Z, o3 NProtect your personal information and your SIN. For example:
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/ X3 W5 D" E& E( X! H6 i# ushred all paper records containing personal information once you no longer need them
5 x* p" f- ^* F* ~9 c& [6 j* x8 Muse confidential passwords that contain a combination of upper and lower case characters, numbers and symbols4 f o2 N3 }. P; o3 R# _
never use automatic login features that save user names and passwords on your computer
% h$ r8 V) C2 K6 a4 xuse a personal firewall and anti-virus software on your computer system. |
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