Archive for March 2007
Tax Information Can Expose Filers to Identity Theft
Tax Information Can Expose Filers to Identity Theft PRNewswire 3/15/2007 – REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 15 /PRNewswire/ — With tax season rapidly approaching, millions of Americans are preparing their taxes, hoping they do not owe money to Uncle Sam. However, many fail to realize is that the government is not the only one after their…
Read MoreToday’s photocopiers an emerging identity-theft threat
Today’s photocopiers an emerging identity-theft threat The Associated Press 3/15/2007 – SAN JOSE, Calif. Consumers are bombarded with warnings about identity theft. Publicized threats range from mailbox thieves and lost laptops to the higher-tech methods of e-mail scams and corporate data invasions. Now experts are warning that photocopiers could be a culprit as well. That’s…
Read MoreIdentity theft focus of collaborative meeting
Identity theft focus of collaborative meeting BY RUTH JUSTIS 3/15/2007 – Identity theft is big business — to the tune of 50 million people losing data over the last five months. “Your Social Security Number is becoming as valuable as cash to thieves,” Mary Eddins, identity theft risk management specialist for Pre-Paid Legal Services, told…
Read MoreIdentity Theft: Do Your Employees Have Too Much Access?
Identity Theft: Do Your Employees Have Too Much Access? When she was out, packages started arriving that were addressed to unknown recipients. Her boss sent them back. But on another day when the receptionist was out, a delivery person told the owner that one of the reclaimed packages was part of a potential fraud investigation.…
Read MoreIdentity theft is on the rise at an alarming rate
Identity theft is on the rise at an alarming rate Craig Belcher 3/14/2007 – Abingdon VA. (rushprnews) 03/14/2007 – In 2006 there was a total of $56.6 billion loss that was attributed to identity theft. It has been reported that 90% of the compromises had occurred offline. It was also determined that a vast majority…
Read MoreIdentity Theft Up 50% Since 2003
Identity Theft Up 50% Since 2003 emarketer 3/9/2007 – Identity thieves hit 15 million Americans in the 12 months ending mid-2006, according to a new survey by Gartner. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported 9.9 million American adult identity theft victims in 2003, indicating that since then such crime has jumped 50%. Victims were taken…
Read MoreID theft forecast: Gloomy today, worse tomorrow
ID theft forecast: Gloomy today, worse tomorrow Computerworld 3/7/2007 – March 07, 2007 (Computerworld) — Virtually every trend line for identity theft is bad news, a research analyst said today as she released a survey showing that 15 million Americans were victimized during a recent 12-month span. For the year-long period that ended last August,…
Read MoreIdentity Theft and Employer Liability
Identity Theft and Employer Liability The Federal Bureau of Investigation calls identity theft an “increasingly insidious and pervasive problem” that can threaten virtually anyone. More ominously, identity theft “costs American businesses and consumers a reported $50 billion a year, causes untold headaches for an estimated 10 million U.S. victims annually, and even makes it easier…
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