Posts Tagged ‘Personally Identifying Information’
Looking Ahead to a New School Year
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 22, 2011
With two weeks of summer remaining, our attentions begin to turn to what is coming after the extended Labor Day weekend. There is the weather turning to cooler (and after our summer here, welcomed) temperatures. For sports fans it’s The World Series in baseball, while football fans (thankfully) look forward to the beginning of the [...]
After Safely Packing Up Your Life, Safely Pack Up Your Identity
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 1, 2011
As home buying and selling activity increases, and so does the risk of identity theft as personally identifiable information (PII) is shuffled around from one home to the next. During this busy time, buyers and renters become preoccupied with financing their new homes, closing and opening new banking and utility accounts, and packing and moving—all [...]
My 12-year-old isn’t on Facebook. Why is yours?
Posted by: Megan Howard in: ● July 18, 2011
My son, Ace, is 12, and he wants to be on Facebook. I told him “No” because the regulations of Facebook state that you have to be at least 13 years old to have an account. Ace protested that his friends all have Facebook accounts and they aren’t 13. I told him, “The fact these [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Stop giving away your data!
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 20, 2011
I’ve spoken on this blog in the past about the notion of data giveaway – not just worrying about what kind of information might be stolen from you, but all the information you may be giving away to thousands of crooks every single day. Take a look at a typical Facebook page, for example. How [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Losing Your Passport Could Cost You Your Identity
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 22, 2010
Most identity theft is based around the theft of personal information, and often that information is in documents that we should be protecting – like bank and credit card statements or tax returns. But other documentation, that we don’t often think about, can be just as valuable to thieves and dangerous to us. And that’s [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Are “Shred Events” Really Worth It?
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 21, 2010
You’ve probably seen one or many of those ads in your local newspaper over the last few years – a local credit union or bank, maybe in partnership with your local Better Business Bureau, plans to hold a free event in a local parking lot where residents and businesses can have their sensitive documents shredded [...]
Back to School with Supplies, Summer Stories, and Safety in Mind
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 18, 2010
Identity theft continues to be one of the fastest growing crimes in the country and according to the Federal Trade Commission, 5 percent of all identity theft complaints in 2008 were victims under the age of one. Younger aged children are often targeted by identity thieves because the crime can go undetected for longer periods [...]
House May Know Medicine, But Does He Know Identity Theft Threats?
Posted by: Matt Sarrel in: ● April 26, 2010
Health care reform has been in the news a lot lately, primarily because Congress has passed a historic healthcare reform bill. At the same time, the government is using Recovery Act money to initiate large-scale health information systems projects where doctors, hospitals, insurance agencies, and the government itself will ultimately store and share sensitive patient [...]
Be Safe While Traveling
Posted by: Matt Sarrel in: ● February 8, 2010
Identity theft is not merely something that happens on the Internet. You can lose your identity in real world cons, scams, and outright theft also, but we tend to think of it as an online crime because that’s what we see most often in the United States. An interesting fact is that the money stolen [...]
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