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From today’s Daily Business Review: “To prevent identity theft and other criminal uses of data as more court documents go online, the policy-making arm of the federal courts [U.S. Judicial Conference] has approved a plan that requires attorneys to delete selected personal data, including Social Security numbers, from both their paper and electronic filings [effective …
The Financial Services Roundtable, with 100 financial services member companies, announced plans to launch a free Identity Theft Assistance Center, with a pilot program available by Spring 2004.
CircleID reports that a letter to ICANN, seeking increased privacy for the wealth of personal data available in the WHOIS database, has been signed by a coalition of 50 organizations, including the American Library Association (ALA). The ICANN Meeting is currently underway in Carthage, Tunisia through October 31, and a link to the agenda is …
Federal Agencies’ Guidelines [proposed August 12, 2003, by the FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve and OTS] regarding Notification by Financial Companies when a Security Breach Compromises Customer Data and Exposes Individuals to Identity Theft: comments submitted by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse on October 14.
Hacker victim files lawsuit blaming Microsoft security: The President of TriCoast Studios, Marcy Levitas Hamilton, whose Social Security number was stolen by a hacker, contends that security flaws in Microsoft software are the basis of her complaint.
From the press release on a new report to be issued September 25 by ID Analytics, titled National Report on Identity Fraud. “The year-long research project leading up to this report analyzed more than 200 million records, including valid and fraudulent consumer applications for credit, debit and new accounts, together with the largest collection of …
The October 2003 issue of Consumer Reports has two free resources on their corresponding website to assist consumers in combatting ID theft: Stop thieves from stealing you What you can do to avoid identity theft In addition, Consumers Union is also sponsoring a website on financial privacy, at www.financialprivacynow.org
H.R. 2622, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to prevent identity theft, improve resolution of consumer disputes, improve the accuracy of consumer records, make improvements in the use of, and consumer access to, credit information, and for other purposes, passed the House on September 10. Congressional Record, September 10, 2003: Fair and Accurate Credit …
The Alias Among Us: The Homeland Security and Terrorism from Document Fraud, Identity Theft and Social Security Number Misuse, Senate Finance Committee Hearing, September 9, 2003 (this site provides links to testimony by seven witnesses as well as committee members). From GCN.com’s coverage of this hearing: “the General Accounting Offices Robert J. Cramer (Managing Director, …
From the Committee on Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property September 4, 2003 – Oversight Hearing on “Internet Domain Name Fraud – the U.S. Governments Role in Ensuring Public Access to Accurate Whois Data”: Witness List testimony of: Steven Metalitz, Benjamin Edelman, James Farnan, Theodore Kassinger. See also: Lax controls encourage Web …
The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse provides summaries of, and links to, data on three recent surveys documenting the rise in the rate of ID theft: Federal Trade Commission Survey September 2003 Gartner Survey July 2003 Privacy & American Business Survey July 2003 See also FTC Overview Report and Timeline of the ID Theft …
The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights (FTCR), a non-profit California advocacy group, is publicizing their purchase of personal data, including social security numbers and home addresses, of high ranking Bush administration officials, as a means of demonstrating the need for stronger privacy legislation. However, states such as California, which recently passed the strongest financial …
