Global Security Watch > What to do about Identity Theft

[Tech tips fixes and whitepapers] File a report with your local police or the police in the community where the identity theft took place. Get a copy of the report or at the very least, the number of the report, to submit to your creditors and others that may require proof of the crime.

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[Privacytoday.com] PrivacyToday.com Robert Douglas Rob Douglas blog identity theft ...: Privacy experts say that stricter controls on personal data and credit cards make it much harder for criminals in Europe to steal someone's identity or to use someone else's accounts to make financial transactions. "The United States today experiences much higher levels of identity theft, spam and government profiling than Europe because we have failed to establish necessary legal safeguards,"

[Schneier.com] Schneier on Security: Identity Theft Over-Reported: For example, since Synovate's study looked at "self-desribed" victims, the fact that "Half of all victims don't even know how their identity was stolen" was irrelevant, as people ignorant of the crime cannot self-report - pretty much by definition. While I see your point about the two studies coming to wildly different conclusions, there is a simple explanation - that being that the samples sets of the two studies have less than 100% overlap.

Eweek.comhttp://www.eweek.com [Eweek.com] GreenBorder Pro Ships with ID Theft Protection: "When a user is done shopping or banking, the privacy zone automatically clears any personal data that might have been left on the PC, ensuring that no traces of the interaction remain that could be exposed at a later time," the company said in a statement.

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