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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:12 PM

Credit Bureaus Cause Identity Theft And Undermine Our Economy

Crossposted at Private Intelligence . Feel free to comment here or there . USA TODAY has a great (if unintentionally unflattering) look at the efforts by the bureaus' lobbyists to stop states from adopting credit freezes : When this trend began to gather
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Monday, April 16, 2007 3:24 PM

Ask The Doctor: Do Fraud Protection Services Work?

That's a question I am frequently asked when I tell people what I do -- "Does this stuff actually protect me, or is it just a scam?" Indeed, ID theft protection is a growth industry now that people are cognizant of the crime and the damage it can do.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007 5:54 PM

CardCops' Dan Clements and MSNBC's Bob Sullivan Combine Their Powers For Good

MSNBC's consumer/security reporting superhero Bob Sullivan has profiled Dan Clements , CEO of CardCops on his excellent blog, "The Red Tape Chronicles." Highlights from the read: Thieves openly trade stolen data in secret chat rooms, where the numbers
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:35 PM

Identity Theft News Roundup: Cyveillance, Protection Tips, And Credit vs. Debit

Several interesting ID-theft-related docs made their way to my desk in recent days, so I'll just summarize them here: Cyveillance just put out a new identity theft and fraud report analyzing the state of the proverbial nation. Among their findings: In
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007 3:46 PM

Ask The Doctor: What To Do If You're A Victim Of Identity Theft

Although identity theft and fraud are rapidly becoming topics of mainstream awareness, there're still a lot of gaps in basic knowledge that people don't have for how to handle a worst-case scenario--if they actually become victims. This is due to a lot
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