Show your ID, and have it stolen (Credit Card Protection)

Show your ID, and have it stolen (Credit Card Protection)

Show your ID, and have it stolen
News.com.au - Federal Police yesterday issued a strong warning to consumers against allowing any business to take a copy of their licence without good reason, saying identity theft was "one of the fastest growing crime types around the world". "Every time you give

New driving laws take effect New Year's Day
KPUA.net - the driving privileges of any person under 21 years old who illegally consumes, purchases or possesses alcohol. Other new state laws will raise the minimum wage to seven dollars and 25 cents per hour and provide protections from identity theft.

Tax Forms Mailed With Soc. Sec. Numbers
Newsday - We want to prevent any chance identity theft might occur," department spokeswoman Meredith Helgerson said. An agency news release included an apology to taxpayers and a statement that steps were being taken "to make sure that this will never happen

Identity theft is another reason to enforce immigration laws
Nevada Appeal - When federal immigration agents detained more than 1,200 workers at Swift meat packing plants in six states in mid-December, so-called "immigration advocates" started yelling and screaming about alleged violations of the illegal immigrants' "rights

Grant will boost Internet crime center
Times-Argus - BURLINGTON — Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has secured a federal grant to fight identity theft and other crimes perpetrated through computers, the Internet and digital technology. Known as cybercrimes, the thefts are the fastest growing form of crime

Online banking sites add security ahead of deadline
Seattle Post Intelligencer - The recommendation follows a 2004 study by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and a subsequent meeting by FFIEC officials last year that showed a rise in online phishing and identity theft attempts. In effect, regulators told banks the basic user ID