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20 November 2007, Statement to the House of Commons by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, MP, on HMRC “With your permission Mr Speaker I should like to make a statement on the breach of procedures which led to missing personal data relating to child benefit from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs…The National Audit Office …
Identity Theft, 2005 released on November 7, 2007: “Presents data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) on identity theft victimization and its consequences. This report presents the first full year of data available after new questions about identity theft were added to the survey in July 2004. Identity theft is defined in the report …
Press release: “Starting November 1, consumers in all 50 states will be able to freeze access to their credit files at all three major credit bureaus to prevent identity thieves from opening fraudulent accounts in their names. By that date, all three major credit bureaus will offer security freeze protection to all consumers living in …
Text of the Federal Register Notice [256 pages, PDF] – Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies Under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003: 16 C.F.R. Part 681 (Federal Trade Commission Rule): Joint Final Rules and Guidelines of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury; the Board of Governors of …
CDT: “As it seeks models to address the mounting issues surrounding online behavioral targeting, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should begin by applying the principles it developed to guide its anti-spyware enforcement efforts, CDT said today. In comments submitted to the FTC in advance of its upcoming “town hall” meeting on behavioral advertising, CDT pointed …
Press release, October 16, 2007: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) today introduced the bipartisan Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007 to give federal prosecutors important new tools to combat the growing problem of identity theft and cyber crime. The Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act …
Press release: “The FTC today told the Maryland Task Force on Identity Theft that public organizations, including federal, state, and local governments, play a critical role in guarding against misuse and unauthorized disclosure of the personal information they collect and maintain. Speaking before the Maryland Task Force to Study Identity Theft, Betsy Broder, Assistant Director …
Erickson, K., & Howard, P. (2007). A case of mistaken identity? News accounts of hacker, consumer, and organizational responsibility for compromised digital records. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(4), article 5. “The computer hacker is one of the most vilified figures in the digital era, but to what degree are organizations actually responsible for compromised personal …
UK House of Lords, Science and Technology Committee, 5th Report of Session 2006-2007: Personal Internet Security, August 10, 2007 (121 pages, PDF) “e-crime and the internet – Lords Science and Technology Committee calls for incentives, regulation and investment to tackle internet crime: The Internet is a powerful force for good: within 20 years it has …
“The risk associated with using the Internet remains high. Our State of the Net assesses the likelihood and impact of four leading online hazards, listed in order of incidence, based on the survey by the Consumer Reports National Research Center and our follow-up investigation.” In this report: Overview >> Phishing >> Viruses >> Spam >> …
Cybercrime: Public and Private Entities Face Challenges in Addressing Cyber Threats, GAO-07-705, June 22, 2007: “Cybercrime has significant economic impacts and threatens U.S. national security interests. Various studies and experts estimate the direct economic impact from cybercrime to be in the billions of dollars annually. The annual loss due to computer crime was estimated to …
Press release, July 19, 2007: “The Department of Justice today submitted to Congress new proposed legislation that seeks to update and improve current laws aimed at protecting Americans from the increasingly sophisticated crime of identity theft. The proposed bill, titled the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007, was a significant recommendation included in …
