Your personal information is secure with us
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) is taking measures to ensure
that your electronic transactions with us are secure and that your privacy
is protected. There are three principal means of ensuring the security
of client transactions:
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Encryption,
which electronically scrambles the data stream between your computer
and our server. This minimizes the risk that Internet hackers and
other users will alter or view information being transmitted. You
must be using a browser with 128-bit encryption in order to access
this site.
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Firewalls,
which are a combination of hardware and software designed to securely
separate the outside world from our internal computer systems and
database.
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Authentication,
which ensures that the identity of the individual submitting the
data is verified. Human Resources and Skills
Development Canada (HRSDC) will verify your identity by a combination
of methods and data comparisons. You will be asked for three pieces
of identifying information in order to submit your application. These
pieces of identification make up your electronic signature. To ensure
that others cannot use your electronic signature, make sure that you
keep your identification information confidential.
HRSDC does not require your
credit card information and will not ask for it through the Application
for Unemployment Insurance benefits on-line or any departmental on-line
applications. If you are prompted to provide such information, please
disregard the prompt.
You should never send confidential information such as your Social
Insurance Number or Access Code via Internet
e-mail. Our encryption system does not function on e-mail.
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