Identity Theft

July 12, 2008

• TrustedID Promotion

  Our new TrustedID promotion is good news for consumers looking to protect their identity. (…)

July 4, 2008

• Summary of June 2008 Data Breaches

  Data breaches in June were a bit slower than this years previous months but still left far too many Americans seeking identity theft protection. (…)

June 27, 2008

• NameSafe Files Lawsuit Against LifeLock

  NameSafe, an identity protection company headquartered in Nashville Tennessee, filed suit on Wednesday in Tennessee against their competitor LifeLock. (…)

June 6, 2008

• May Data Breaches and an Appeal to Protect Yourself From Identity Theft

  Data Breaches for May continued the month to month trend of the past few years that increasingly leaves our personal information exposed to identity thieves and other criminals. (…)

May 5, 2008

• 3.5 Million Identities Put at Risk in April

  Identity theft becomes a concern for approximately 3.5 million Americans who had their personal and confidential information compromised in one of Aprils twenty-seven data breaches. (…)

March 31, 2008

• Identity Theft Protection Necessary As Data Breaches Show No Signs of Slowing

  Identity Theft continues to garner media attention, and rightfully so as new identity theft victims are added to the alarming totals daily, but little is actually done to stop a major root cause, the ineffective security of our confidential information. (…)

March 17, 2008

• Fraud Alerts Stop Identity Theft by Empowering Consumers

  Fraud alerts are the best way to stop identity theft says Lifelock, an identity theft protection company that will place a fraud alert with the credit bureaus on your behalf. (…)

March 11, 2008

• LifeLock Strikes Back Against Identity Theft

  LifeLock's grassroots campaign, Strike Back - Defeat Identity Theft Now, came to an end in Washington, D.C. (…)

March 4, 2008

• LifeLock Headlines Identity Theft News in February

  Lifelock continued to make headlines with both good and not so good news. (…)

February 23, 2008

• LifeLock's Identity Theft Protection Service Challenged by Experian

  LifeLock has been sued by Experian a London, England based corporation who is one of the big three American credit bureaus. (…)

February 5, 2008

• Data Breaches in January Close with a Bang!

  Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield and Davidson Companies Expose over half a Million in Final Days. (…)

January 29, 2008

• TrustedID Introduction and Identity Theft Labs update

  Readers of Identity Theft Labs probably noticed that we recently removed credit monitoring from our LifeLock and LoudSiren comparison and added a new company TrustedID. (…)

January 26, 2008

• LifeLock Secures $25 Million in Funding

  LifeLock just hit another home run receiving $25 million in funding from prestigious firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (…)

January 25, 2008

• Don't be Fooled, Your Identity Is Not Safe

  Part 4
  2007 Data Breaches Due to Lack of Proper Policies and Procedures
  Data Breaches in part one to three were mostly caused by identity theft criminals who were seeking the personal information of Americans. (…)

January 19, 2008

• Credit Card Data Lost by GE Money Affects 650,000

  The associated press has reported that GE Money, part of General Electric Capital Corp. has mailed letters to 650,000 customers informing them of a Data Breach. (…)

• Don't be Fooled, Your Identity Is Not Safe

  Part 3
  2007 Data Breaches Via Lost or Stolen Backup Tapes, CD's and Hard Drives
  The number of people who have had their personal information exposed in 2007 is staggering. (…)

January 10, 2008

• Davidson County Voters to get Free Identity Theft Protection says Nashville Mayor.

  Nashville Mayor Karl Dean announced today that all 337,000 registered voters whose personal information was compromised will get free identity theft protection through Debix. (…)

January 9, 2008

• Don't be Fooled, Your Identity Is Not Safe

  Part 2 2007 Data Breaches via Stolen Laptops and Computers
  It is now known in the criminal underground that Identity Theft is both easy and profitable. (…)

January 1, 2008

• Don't be Fooled, Your Identity Is Not Safe

  Your identity is not safe regardless of the precautions you have taken because your personal information has been entrusted to companies, institutions and governments that do not secure it properly. (…)

December 18, 2007

• LifeLock adds WalletLock to Assist Theft Victims.

  LifeLock has launched an addition to their service that has great potential - and at no additional cost! (…)