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Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today released its annual report detailing consumer complaints about identity theft and listing the top 10 categories of fraud-related complaints filed with the FTC in 2004. For the fifth year in a row, identity theft topped the list of complaints, accounting for 39 percent of the 635,173 consumer fraud …
S.116, Privacy Act of 2005. Introduced in Senate on January 24, 2005, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) “The Privacy Act A comprehensive bill that would set a national standard for protecting personal information such as Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses, and medical and financial data, including information collected both online and offline. Modeled on California’s …
New Research Shows That Identity Theft Is More Prevalent Offline with Paper than Online: “The 2005 Identity Fraud Survey Report – released by the Better Business Bureau and Javelin Strategy & Research as an update of the Federal Trade Commission’s 2003 Identity Theft Survey Report and Javelin’s 2003 Identity Theft Report – shows that despite …
From USA Today: Identity theft, new law about to send shredding on a tear Related reference: Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) Related resources: National Association for Information Destruction and Shop n’Shed Drop-off Shredding Locator (search for shredding services in your vicinity.)
Security Focus has an in-depth report on how a Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems and steals personal data, including social security numbers, emails, photos and Secret Service documents. [via David Reis]
From PCWorld, Legislative Year in Review: All Talk, Little Action: “For good or ill, Congress kept to its usual snail’s pace on a number of controversial issues ranging from digital copyright to spyware; other government agencies, however, made up for some of the slack.”
Terminating Spyware With Extreme Prejudice chronicles efforts to be rid of spyware and adware programs using the extreme method of reformatting a PC hard drive, after all other avenues had failed.
“CleanSoftware.org is a resource to help Windows users find the best free daily-use software, free from nasties: adware, spyware, harmful/intrusive components, and threats to privacy.” (via Slashdot) Versions of the software included are accompanied by red, yellow and green dots indicating the level of reliability. The Full Software Index (updated at the discretion of the …
From EPIC, Top Ten Consumer Privacy Resolutions.
Press release – FDIC Issues Study on Identity Theft and Seeks Comments on Possible Guidance to Bankers: “Fraudsters are taking advantage of the reliance on single-factor authentication for remote access to online banking, and the lack of e-mail and Web site authentication, to perpetrate account hijacking.” Putting an End to Account-Hijacking Identity Theft (41 pages, …
As a follow-up to this posting, State Department documents obtained through a FOIA request, details of which are publicized in this ACLU white paper, provide broader insight into the privacy and ID theft issues implicit as a result of the new passports’ implementation of Contactless Integrated Circuits.
A trio of PowerPoint presentations providing resources on the following timely issues: Corporate Blogging – Sabrina I. Pacifici documents and illustrates how the development and implementation of blogs within your organization can serve as a key application to facilitate research services, knowledge management, marketing, training, and communications within groups, departments, and enterprise wide. Got Competitive …
