News and Articles
New law fights ID theft Baltimore Sun (December 9, 2007)
A new Maryland law gives consumers a powerful tool - at very little cost - to fight identity theft.
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Phony IRS email identity theft scam Kansas City Online (November 12, 2007)
The e-mail asks recipients for personal financial information such as Social Security numbers and debit card information
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Credit bureaus offer freeze protection Columbus Dispatch (November 1, 2007)
Starting November 1, consumers can freeze their credit files at all three major credit bureaus to prevent identity thieves from opening accounts in their names.
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Credit freeze blocks thieves Akron Beacon Journal (October 7, 2007)
Consumer advocates say Ohio needs law making identity theft safeguard affordable and easy to use.
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Credit lockdown privileges spread USA Today (October 5, 2007)
Experian, Equifax and TransUnion have announced they will let people in all 50 states freeze their credit histories.
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Second credit bureau offers file freeze Washington Post (October 4, 2007)
Consumer credit reporting bureau Experian announced that it would allow consumers in all 50 states to freeze their credit histories.
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New weapon against identity theft Newsday (July 20, 2007)
37 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws allowing consumers to freeze access to credit files.
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Hacking brings ID theft to the forefront Concord Monitor (February 4, 2007)
Just as state laws aimed at protecting consumers from ID theft went into effect, another data security breach was announced.
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Montana bill to deter identity theft advances Billings Gazette (January 26, 2006)
A bill giving Montanans the right to freeze access to their credit reports to block criminals from stealing their identity will go before the state Senate.
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Stolen TJ Maxx cards being used CNN (January 25, 2006)
Fraudulent purchases using credit- and debit-card data stolen from cut-price retailer TJX, the owner of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, have surfaced in several states.
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New law seeks to freeze identity thieves Pittsburgh Post Gazette (January 4, 2007)
If you don't like the idea of buying presents for criminals, Pennsylvania lawmakers unwrapped a welcome gift for you this holiday season. |
Students fretting over lost data Denver Post (August 2, 2006)
UPS recently lost a computer tape with names and personal details of 188,000 college students, most from Colorado.
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The end of privacy The Record (July 2, 2006)
Nearly every day, a new headline tells of Americans' private information being stolen by criminals.
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Bill would limit consumers’ credit rights USA Today (June 15, 2006)
Congress is considering pre-empting laws in 17 states that allow anyone to freeze their own credit and instead restrict the privilege to ID theft victims. |
Vets still in dark about details of data theft Seattle Post Intelligencer (June 2, 2006)
Veterans in at least a dozen states, including Washington, might be able to prevent criminal use of the data under local measures enacted last year. |
The anti-identity theft bill that isn’t Wired News (April 20, 2006)
Congress is debating proposals to protect consumers against identity theft, but some measures would undue tougher laws adopted by many states.
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Editorial: Credit protection St. Petersburg Times (January 17, 2006)
The Florida state legislature should create an optional security freeze so Floridians can protect themselves against identity theft and credit card fraud. |
ID theft – Bank finds a way to profit San Francisco Chronicle (July 22, 2005)
Data security breaches at Wells Fargo have put hundreds of thousands of customers at risk of identity theft. Now the bank has found a way to profit from the problem. |
Connecticut Governor signs ID theft law Insurance Journal (July 10, 2005)
Under a new law signed by Governor M. Jodi Rell, consumers in Connecticut will have the right to put a security freeze on their credit files to prevent identity thieves from opening new credit accounts in their names. |
ID theft law to take effect in Vermont Times Argus (July 10, 2005)
Vermonters who become the victims of identity theft can stop the financial bleeding by putting a freeze on their credit reports, under a new state law. |
Feds lag on ID theft notification CBS News (June 28, 2005)
While California requires companies to notify consumers about data security breaches and an increasing number of states are passing similar laws, Congress still hasn’t enacted a federal notice requirement.
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40 million credit cards hacked CNN (June 17, 2005)
Over 40 million card accounts were exposed to potential fraud due to a security breach that occurred at a third-party processor of payment card transactions.
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Your identity for sale CNN (May 9, 2005)
From credit bureaus to grocers to unscrupulous brokers, there’s a healthy trade in your good name.
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Lexis-Nexis theft much worse than thought MSNBC (April 12, 2005)
Lexis-Nexis now concedes that as many as 310,000 people – or ten times more than previously reported – may have had their personal information compromised as a result of a recent database security breach. |
'Pharmers' hit online bank users with fraud scam USA Today (Apr. 22, 2005)
The ploy is called pharming — a play on "phishing," another type of Internet fraud — and it involves highly skilled hackers who secretly redirect users' computers from financial sites to the scammers' fake ones, where they steal passwords and other personal information. Even the Web address looks the same. |
1.4 million exposed in shoe data breach MSNBC News (Apr. 18, 2005)
Thieves who accessed a DSW Shoe Warehouse database obtained 1.4 million credit card numbers and the names on those accounts — 10 times more than the company estimated last month.
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EDITORIAL: Is that you? Washington Post (Apr. 14, 2005)
10 million Americans are victims of identity theft each year and the annual cost to the economy comes to $50 billion. The first line of defense against identity theft must come from individuals. |
States scramble to protect data Washington Post (April 9, 2005)
Lawmakers in numerous states around the country are considering bills to give consumers the right to put a security freeze on their credit files to keep identity thieves from opening new accounts in their names.
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Is your personal data next? MSNBC (April 4, 2005)
The recent rash of data security breaches has put an estimated two million Americans at risk of identity theft and underscored the need for stronger consumer safeguards.
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Editorial: Freeze identity theft Seattle Times (March 15, 2005)
The Seattle Times editorializes in favor of legislation to allow Washington State residents to put a security freeze on their credit files to thwart identity thieves.
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Information Companies and Identity Theft NPR All Things Considered (March 12, 2005)
A recent spate of identity theft from information companies prompted hearings on Capitol Hill. Gail Hillebrand of Consumers Union tells Jacki Lyden what sort of personal data information companies such as Choicepoint and Lexis/Nexis collect -- and how they use it. |
Privacy Showdown - Forbes (August 11, 2004)
Financial industry trade groups have gone to court to try to stop a California law that gives consumers new rights to protect their financial privacy. The outcome of the court fight will decide the fate of the strictest state privacy law on the books and whether federal law preempts such state laws.
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EDITORIAL: A bank raid - San Francisco Chronicle (August 16, 2004)
After enduring years of debate, California consumers secured an important protection this year: their personal financial information belongs to them, not their bank, their broker, or their insurer. |
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