Posts tagged identity theft

• New Center for Identity Management and Information Protection to Study Identity Theft

  Staff Writer | June 27, 2006 6:32 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A good resource for identity theft research and prevention tools has just been organized. This think tank includes a public and private partnership between such organizations as the United States Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, IBM, and Lexis/Nexis Corporation. The identity theft research organization will study all problems associated with identity theft and associated...

• Ironic Identity Theft Problem at the Federal Trade Commision

  Staff Writer | June 23, 2006 1:50 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Ironically, yesterday the Federal Trade Commission, the federal agency tasked with the responsibility for investigating and prosecuting incidents of identity theft, issued a press release admitting that two of its laptop computers had been stolen exposing approximately 110 people to the prospect of identity theft. I thought that by publicly admitting that the incident occurred and providing a...

• Identity Thefts Continue

  Staff Writer | June 19, 2006 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I've written in the past about how Arizona is the number one state in the nation regarding incidents of identity theft. Well, unfortunately it appears that other states want to catch up. Yesterday, I heard about the most recent theft of personal confidential information and social security numbers from an financial company known as ING Financial Services. Apparently, thieves stole a laptop...

• Identity Theft Resources

  Staff Writer | May 31, 2006 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I have yet another comment on resources available for identity theft victims. As I have previously written, unfortunately Arizona is number one! I say unfortunately because this statistic concerns the number of identity theft victims in our state compared to the rest of the nation. Because these statistics are staggering, I will continue to provide information and resources to assist identity...

• Employer Identity Theft Prevention Resources

  Staff Writer | May 25, 2006 4:49 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Kudos to Rite Aid Corp., publisher Reed Elsevier PLC, and Qwest Communications for taking some steps to protect employee identity theft victims by offering various resolution services as a workplace employment benefit. Clearly the best form of protection simply requires that companies lock down private and confidential information and prevent identity theft in the first place.Identity theft...

• Major Identity Theft Problems in the Military

  Staff Writer | May 22, 2006 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Well this surprising news story just came down today. Thieves have stolen sensitive personal identifying information on over twenty-six million five hundred thousand United States military veterans including social security numbers, dates of birth and other personal information. Thieves were able to steal this private data from one Veterans Affairs' employee who apparently took this...