FTC Rule on Identity Theft Draws Strong Criticism From Bar Groups
The New York State Bar Association on Monday became the latest bar group to protest new Federal Trade Commission rules requiring lawyers to become involved in preventing identity theft, calling the move unauthorized, unnecessary and destructive to the attorney-client relationship. The State Bar’s objections follow those submitted last week by the ABA and the New York County Lawyers’ Association. The ABA denounced the rules as imposing “an undue burden on law firms, especially solo practitioners.
Tips for summer travel - protecting against identity theft (Press Release)
School is out for summer, and it is officially time for summer vacation!! Many families are looking forward to their summer vacation plans, be they travel abroad or closer to home. IdentityTruth , the leading provider of a new breed of services to help consumers safeguard their privacy and identity, today offers tips to families who are planning summer vacations to help them protect themselves against identity theft. Whether road-tripping in the US or travelling abroad, vacation time means an i
Senior Crime Busters Initiative Marks 1st Anniversary
White Plains, NY - Seniors are often targeted for identity theft, telemarketing and sweepstakes fraud, and home improvement rip-offs. And with so many seniors using the Internet, online scams are an increasing concern.
U.S. Teams With Italy to Fight Cyber Crime
Philip Willan writes on ComputerWorld : The head of the U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the head of the Italian police and the chief executive officer of the Italian Postal Service to set up an international task force to combat cyber crime. The European Electronic Crime Task Force — not to be confused with the private study group of the same name that began operating in 2003 — will tackle identity theft, hacking and other computer-based crime
The Facts on the FACTA Clarification Act
By: Don Coker Congress passed The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (“FACTA” or the “Act”), and it was signed into law on December 4, 2003. FACTA became fully effective on December 4, 2006. The purpose of FACTA is to reduce the amount of personal confidential financial information that is generated and thereby reduce the incidence of identity theft, credit card fraud, and debit card fraud. To help accomplish this goal, 15 USC 1681c(g)(1) requires that merchants that issue receipts
Wash. woman accused of identity theft says dog ate her checks
Accused Wash. woman: ‘dog ate my checks’ ARLINGTON, Wash. ? A woman accused of dipping into her ex-husband’s bank account without permission blames her dog. Arlington, Wash., police spokeswoman Kristin Banfield says detectives filed court orders to follow the money trail. They learned the money disappearing from the 42-year-old Arlington man’s account was being used to pay
Microsoft Security Expert ‘An Evolution in Online Fraud’
Martin Biegelman, director of Financial Integrity, has spent 30 years fighting identity theft and recently published a book detailing his experience and expertise. “A more recent case involving famous individuals illustrates how criminals have combined low tech with high tech and widened the pool of potential victims. In 2001, Abraham Abdallah was arrested after fleecing members of Forbes’ 400 Richest People in America list. He used Web-enabled cell phones, virtual voicemail, and library compute
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Secret Service to unveil plans Tuesday for a pan-European task force based in Rome to prevent identity theft and hacking.
Towards Privacy-aware OpenSocial Applications
Social-networking sites have grown tremendously in popularity in recent years. Services such as Facebook and MySpace allow millions of users to create online profiles and to share details of their personal lives with vast networks of friends, and often, strangers. Inevitably, the disclosure of personal information has implications on users privacy: digital stalking and identity theft are some of the most common threats. Unfortunately, even sophisticated users who value privacy will often comprom
Criminal Identity Theft
by Paul Wilcox Criminals steal from people in many ways. Breaking into someone’s home and taking their belongings, robbing an individual of whatever they have on hand, stealing a car, and so forth. However, a new dimension in thievery has come about in recent times. That dimension is when an individual is involved in criminal identity theft. Criminal identity theft is that situation when a thief actually steals anothers identity. In order to protect against criminal identity theft it is imp
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