AutoTech Outlook: Specials Magazine

Tag Tracking is championing an advanced layered, customer-focused approach to auto theft prevention and recovery. A North American leader in Prevention, Electronic Identification/Etching, vehicle tracking and recovery of stolen vehicles, it has become synonymous with the excellence of risk management programs in Quebec and Ontario, and it has saved close to 200 million dollars for the damage insurance industry in the region. Leveraging its three decades of industry experience, Tag Tracking has developed a deep reservoir of insights into the complexities of vehicle theft to provide consumers and the damage insurance industry with a very affordable solution coupled with Prevention, Electronic Identification/Etching, vehicle tracking and recovery systems. Its expertise covers the entire spectrum, from the modus operandi of organized crime syndicates to the various methods used for vehicle exportation and Re-Vining. This ability has powered the company to significantly contribute to minimizing auto theft insurance claims and vehicle financial risk. “We’re constantly improving, studying habits, patterns and operations to hinder the auto thief’s ability to disable our product, making it very difficult for anyone to neutralize our multi-level system.” says Freddy Marcantonio, vice president of business development. Layered Protection for Total Security While car theft poses a significant challenge for many, it is no test for Tag Tracking. It employs a sophisticated, multi-level approach to vehicle protection, beginning with prevention. Permanently etching its logo onto vehicles on passenger and driver’s side windows is the first step. This serves as a visible yet discreet reminder of the vehicle’s enhanced security, effectively reducing its appeal to potential thieves. According to insurance industry statistics, vehicles protected by Tag Tracking's system experience a significantly lower incidence of theft of over 90%. Electronic identification forms the second layer of protection. This strategy involves installing a series of cutting-edge Nano-Tags throughout the vehicle. These are miniature, waterproof transponders the size of a grain of rice. The tiny RFID-enabled Nano-Tags are discreetly embedded in vehicle parts, which are highly sought after by thieves. Our miniature transponders each have their own unique serial number. The Nano Tag devices will easily identify the vehicle parts as stolen, making them harder to buy and sell. If the sale of a stolen vehicle part is attempted, these devices act as a warning label, exposing the parts as being obtained illegally. Tracking and recovery form the third layer; Tag Tracking’s trained technicians conceal a varied number of wireless transmitters throughout a vehicle, making it very challenging for thieves to locate and remove. The tracking transmitters are permanently entrenched throughout the interior or exterior of the vehicle. The installation process ensures that the removal of the transmitters (Tags) cannot be done without causing damage to the vehicle. These transmitters are programmed to emit signals that are received daily by the Tag Tracking security central via our encrypted antenna/ infrastructure. All transmissions via the multiple Tag kit units received by our security central are permanently recorded and kept in our protected database. In the event of a theft, these devices are activated in real-time and can be tracked at any time, anywhere in North America.