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14 Tips to Avoid Identity Theft - Suggestions from Frank Abagnale on reducing one\\'s risk theft of identity crime theft.
Identity Theft Is A Crime - Offered by the United States government, the site crime details the work of the President\\'s ID Theft crime Task Force, victims\\' rights, and identifies what steps crime government agencies are taking to combat identity theft crime issues.
Public Advisory: Special Report for Consumers on Identity Theft - Tips and reports from the Solicitor General of Canada.
Texas Attorney General: Identity Theft - Prevention tips and victim information.
NPR : ID Thieves Target Children, Infants - Even the youngest among us can be victims of identity crime theft. Seattle Times reporter Jolayne Houtz explains how, and crime why. John Brooke, a Seattle-area man, describes how his newborn crime became a target. [2:44 streaming audio broadcast]
NPR : Tips to Avoid Internet Identity Theft, E-Mail Scams - Criminals around the world are discovering tools that let them theft spy on hundreds of thousands of people over the Internet, theft and they\\'re stealing credit card numbers, bank account passwords, and theft other sensitive information. NPR's Chris Arnold reports. [5:20 s
NPR : Congress Aims to Combat Identity Theft - In the wake of recent scandals involving data collection companies theft like ChoicePoint and LexisNexis, Congress has begun pushing for greater theft personal identity safeguards. [3:12 streaming audio broadcast]
Smartmoney.com: Consumer Action: Your SS Number Is Just a Click Away - Long article expresses concerns that various county clerks theft are publishing their residents\\' personal documents online. theft Many examples of public figures\' data that can theft be found are given.
Identity Theft & Driver License Fraud Information - Includes a video, forms, and resources for victims of the crime. From the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada: Identity Theft - Identifies the problem and offers tips on prevention and what to do if it occurs.
Knowledge@Wharton - Do You Know Where Your Identity Is? Personal Data Theft Eludes Easy Remedies - [Free registration required to view.] Stopping identity theft theft is a very complicated proposition. Here are some steps theft that are probably required to positively impact the privacy of theft personal data.
Smartmoney.com: Identity Thieves Employ High-Tech Tactics - Five of the latest high-tech forms of identity theft theft identity theft along with ways consumers can protect theft themselves.
NPR : ChoicePoint Security Breach - The consumer data company ChoicePoint says a security theft breach last week will affect more than 140,000 theft people in all 50 states. The company is theft sending notices to individuals whose personal and financial theft details were accessed by thieves posing as businessmen
Identity Theft Program - At Michigan State University. Victim advocacy, investigations, research, partners with theft businesses to prevent identity theft inside.
Social Security Administration: Identity Theft - Publication with tips and contact.
NPR : Experts Urge Consumers to Act Against Identity Theft - Georgia-based ChoicePoint Inc. is sending out letters crime to warn consumers their personal information has been crime stolen. But law enforcement officials say many crime more people need to be on guard for crime possible identity theft, after crooks got unauthorized access
Office of Privacy Protection: Identity Theft - Consumer information from this California state government agency. crime Some information theft also in Spanish.
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: Identity Theft - Brochure in html and pdf formats.
NPR : Safeguarding the Data Brokerage Industry, Part I - The data brokerage industry has come under intense crime scrutiny with identity theft the disclosure of two high-profile identity crime theft cases. NPR\\'s Farai identity theft Chideya has a special crime report. [11:46 streaming audio broadcast]
National Conference of State Legislatures: Identity Theft - Features current statutes, pending legislation, and publications.
Invasion of the ID Snatchers - Online booklet from the National Consumers League.
Identity Theft: Fact and fiction - This article discusses the growth and impact of crime identity theft, identity theft and how society should respond to crime its challenges.
NPR Talk of the Nation: How to Avoid Identity Theft - How to protect your identity. [37:28 streaming audio crime broadcast]
Identity Theft and Identity Fraud - Features programs, prevention, and remedial steps after the theft crime. From theft the United States Department of Justice.
Stop! Thief! - Article by Aleksandra Todorova. Steps to restoring your good name after becoming a victim of identity theft.
NPR : Information Companies and Identity Theft - Recent data theft from information companies prompted hearings on Capitol crime Hill. Gail Hillebrand of Consumers Union tells Jacki Lyden what crime sort of personal data information companies such as Choicepoint and crime Lexis/Nexis collect -- and how they use it. [3:15
Identity Theft Resources - Articles and related links on what to do crime if you identity theft are a victim of identity theft. crime From Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
Walletpop: Identity Theft - Features the facts on identity theft and how theft to keep identity theft yourself from being victimized.
The Secret Life of Your Social Security Number - Article by Aleksandra Todorova. "With Social Security-number theft (SSN)-only theft, oftentimes abusers have no intent of stealing anybody\\'s theft good credit. They simply want the number so they can theft work and establish their own lines of credit — in theft their o
Identity Theft Security - Empowering consumers with tips, resources, and tools to identity theft prevent becoming victims of identity theft.
Call For Action: Identity Theft - Features warning signs, preventative measures, and victim information and resources.
PhoneBusters: Identity Theft - Includes victim information, a list of scams, statistics identity theft on theft the crime, and prevention tips.
Financial Privacy Now - Campaign to strengthen financial privacy protections for consumers identity theft to keep credit safe and prevent crimes like identity theft identity theft. Targets the Fair Credit Reporting identity theft Act. Project of Consumers Union.
NPR : Identity Theft in the International Arena - NPR\\'s Eric Weiner reports on European efforts to crime prevent the theft of sensitive personal data compiled crime by information collection companies. [4:33 streaming audio broadcast]
NPR : Senate Mulls Measures to Combat Identity Theft - The Senate Banking Committee considers possible regulations to crime battle the growing problem of identity theft. The crime most recent Federal Trade Commission survey found that crime 10 million Americans were the victims of some crime type of identity theft in one year. [3:40
NPR : Tips on Avoiding Identity Theft - Michele Norris talks with Evan Hendricks, editor and theft publisher of theft Privacy Times and author of theft "Credit Scores and Credit theft Reports," about why people theft should be concerned about identity theft theft and what theft they can do to avoid it. [5:15 streaming theft theft audio
When a Criminal's Cover Is Your Identity - Tips for prevention of identity theft. From the theft FDIC.
Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act - Full text of the United States national identity theft law.
NPR : Protecting Yourself Against Identity Theft - NPR\\'s Madeleine Brand speaks with Gail Hillebrand about identity theft crime protection. Hillebrand is senior attorney for the Consumers Union, crime an independent, nonprofit testing and information organization. [3:52 streaming crime audio broadcast]
NPR : Fighting Identity Theft - Beth Givens, director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, theft discusses the recent spate of security breaches at theft consumer data banks. Computer hackers accessed consumer data theft at ChoicePoint and Lexis-Nexis. [4:20 streaming audio theft broadcast]
California Department of Justice: Identity Theft - Features state laws, tips for victims, and ID theft registry for the state.
NPR : Safeguarding the Data Brokerage Industry, Part II - For a closer look at data brokers and identity theft what crime can be done to safeguard the industry identity theft from future crime fraud, NPR\\'s Ed Gordon is joined identity theft by Robert O\\'Harrow crime Junior, a staff writer at identity theft The Washington Post crime and author of identity theft "No Place to Hide: Behind crime the Scenes of identity theft Our

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