Archive for September 2005

Home Office Shredding Identity Theft homeoffice.gov.uk 9/7/2005 – A leaflet to advise the public on how to avoid becoming a victim of identity theft and what action to take if you have been a victim was launched today by Home Office Minister Andy Burnham. More than 100,000 people are affected by this crime every year…

Simple precautions are starting to turn the tide on identity theft Freedom News Service 9/5/2005 – Freedom News Service September 5, 2005 The numbers can be frightening: – June 16, information on 40 million credit card accounts is hacked from CardSystems. – April 18, shoe retailer DSW says hackers may have accessed up to 1.3…

Waging war on identity theft By Kate Riley (Seattle TImes) 9/5/2005 – Using credit these days seems more and more like wearing a hospital gown. You might try to cover your “privates” by religiously shredding credit-card offers and old bills, but some of the companies you trust with your private information seem to be carelessly…