A December 10 article in the Las Vegas Sun states that patients at University Medical Center do not have to be notified for 60 days if their information is involved in a data breach – which recently happened to at least 21 patients; one of which learned of the breach of his medical records from [...]
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Identity Theft Protection- The LifeLock FTC Settlement and Our OpinionThe Federal Trade Commission announced the other day that a settlement has been reached with LifeLock to the tune of $12 million. Since the breaking of this news, and partially due to a press release issued by LifeLock referencing Identity Theft Lab’s rating of them as the “Best Overall” identity protection, we have been asked [...] […]
- Common Passwords Can Leave You Vulnerable to Identity TheftDo you have the password 123456 on any of your accounts? How about 224466? If you do, it’s not surprising. It is dangerous though, and you should change it right away – and not to 1234567. A recent story published in the New York Times stated that one of every five people who has an [...] […]
- Identity Thief Operates Credit Card Scam From PrisonIf there’s any good news about identity theft, it’s that some thieves are getting prosecuted and put in jail. That doesn’t make the problem go away, though, even for some that are locked up, since a few thieves still conduct their operations from jail, with the help from accomplices on the outside of course. For [...] […]
- Identity Theft Statistics 2010Think identity theft is going down due to greater vigilance and swift government action? Well, I’m sorry to tell you that this is not the case. In fact, it is just the opposite. According to Javelin Strategies, a prominent research firm that often reports on identity theft, incidences of the crime increased by 11% from [...] […]
- The LifeLock FTC Settlement and Our Opinion