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84,000 patients personal data at risk
April 3, 2011
Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa, Okla., has become the latest health care provider to report a major data breach, this one resulting from the theft of a PC containing personal information for 84,000 patients. eWeek.com article - SFHS PC stolen Read Full Post
How Green is Your Identity?
March 4, 2011
By Ester Horowitz
The flow of information from person-to-person, location-to-location and around the world is now performed at lightening speeds verbally and electronically. It transforms business, industry, and old uses into new methods. Our carbon footprints have the promise of being reduced by it. Yet as that information mainstreams, the vulnerability of our identities and private information soars and is targeted and criminally trafficked putting billions into the hands of cyber-thieves.
The United States is the number one target because we prize convenience over risk where as our European counterparts... Read Full Post
Clever Auto Thieves Helping Themselves to Your Home Address?
February 15, 2011
I recently received a forwarded email from a colleague with a story (and fair warning) about car thieves who use a drill to punch a hole in car doors just beneath the handle to manipulate the locking mechanism, gain entry without the alarm going off and not just helping themselves to valuables left in the vehicles but also valuable GPS information as well.
Sounds plausible, possible and downright scary doesn’t it? As with any “internet populated story,” I turned to SNOPES.com to do a little unraveling and what I did find out was that it’s absolutely all three. It is a common practice among... Read Full Post
Are Our Children Targets for Identity Theft?
February 8, 2011
Governments around the world are addressing identity theft by passing laws and regulations as part of the effort to slow down illegal trade and terrorism. In most cases the efforts only addresses the use of adult identities. Children under the age of 18, however, have a much higher risk of identity theft than is commonly realized.
Because children have no credit histories, they are a perfect target. Thieves can often get away with the crime for years since children aren’t old enough to establish credit. In most cases identity theft is not realized until a child attempts to obtain college loans.
There... Read Full Post
How Small Credit Errors Can Cost You Thousands
February 1, 2011
Identity protection and consultation shouldn’t just be an afterthought when something tragic occurs. The time to know when there’s a mistake on your credit report is long before you’re applying for that mortgage on the house of your dreams, or attempting to refinance when the rates are good. As evidenced in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, which shared the story of a 49 year old woman in Texas who was shocked to learn that two $11 medical bills, that showed up on her credit report as having been placed in collections, had caused her credit score to fall significantly; making her ability to refinance... Read Full Post
