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Free Credit Reports - What the Michigan
Attorney General wants consumers to know
New laws combat identity theft
BizJournals
Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:04 PM PST
Come Jan. 1, Hawaii consumers will
get three new weapons to help combat
identity theft, the state Department
of Commerce & Consumer Affairs said
Wednesday. |
The Year of the Data Breach - 2006
Dramatically Changed the Identity
Theft Landscape
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Wed, 27 Dec 2006 5:00 AM PST
NASHVILLE, Tenn.----As 2006 draws to
a close, national experts in data
security report that high-profile
data breaches, growing criminal
sophistication, increased media
attention and unprecedented
legislative activity have changed
perceptions and practices around
identity theft and left an indelible
mark on the business environment.
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Virtual guard dog patrols doorways
to identity theft
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:55 PM PST
Andrew Wyant of Chicago has a new
monthly bill to pay along with his
cable TV, cell phone and utilities.
But he has no complaints about
shelling out about $10 a month to an
Arizona company called LifeLock,
which essentially is insurance
against identity theft. He calls it
"peace of mind." |
Patients warned of possible identity
theft
Evansville Courier & Press
Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:10 PM PST
A Deaconess Hospital laptop that
contained private information on up
to 128 patients has been missing for
at least a month, a hospital
spokesman said Tuesday. |
Stopping Identity Theft Before it
Hits Home for the Holidays
Pekin Times
Tue, 26 Dec 2006 3:19 PM PST
(ARA) - Todd Davis wants you to know
his Social Security number. In fact,
here it is: 457-55-5462. Widely
publishing a piece of vital
identifying information that many
other Americans take extreme
measures to protect may seem like
total insanity. But there's a method
to Davis' madness. |
What's going on?
Houston Chronicle
Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:47 PM PST
TWU announces identity theft alert
Texas Woman's University is
notifying about 15,000 students that
their personal data has been exposed
to potential identity theft.
University officials said last week
that the exposed records contained
the names, addresses and Social
Security numbers of every student
enrolled at the Denton, Dallas and
Houston campuses in 2005.
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Lawmakers pen wish lists
The Salt Lake Tribune
Wed, 27 Dec 2006 0:14 AM PST
Rep. Eric Hutchings, R-Kearns, wants
to protect elderly Utahns from scams
and identity theft by listing
unscrupulous businesses on a Crimes
Against Seniors Registry. Rep. Steve
Mascaro, R-West Jordan, thinks
morbid obesity should be defined as
a disease and its treatment covered
by health insurance. Barely minted
Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Riverton,
already has several ideas for a
better Utah, ... |
Swift raid underscores seriousness
of ID theft
Herald Journal
Wed, 27 Dec 2006 1:14 AM PST
Identity theft victims such as those
targeted by illegal immigrants
arrested in the Dec. 12 raid on
Swift’s E.A. Miller meatpacking
plant may face complications when
trying to collect Social Security
benefits later in life or have their
assets frozen by the Internal
Revenue Service, experts say.
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ID thief forges leniency letter
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Tue, 26 Dec 2006 9:16 PM PST
A man whose prosecution three years
ago was announced as part of an
identity theft crackdown dubbed
"Operation Identity Crisis" is in
trouble again after trying to fool a
notoriously no-nonsense federal
judge with a forged letter asking
for leniency. |
UVSC quickly fixes Net leak of
student data
The Salt Lake Tribune
Wed, 27 Dec 2006 0:13 AM PST
OREM - Personal information and
Social Security numbers of 15,000
Utah Valley State College students
and faculty popped up on the
Internet for six weeks this fall,
school officials have announced.
UVSC leaders said college files with
information on these students and
faculty were accessed and made
available on Yahoo between Nov. 2
and Dec. 12, putting them at risk of
identity theft. |
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