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April 24, 2007

President’s Identity Theft Task Force

At a recent authentication workshop, a plan to fight identity theft was released. The task force on identity theft is fronted by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras.

In plain English, what the strategic plan to fight identity theft involves is this:

Better prosecution of identity crimes
Improved sensitive data protection maintained by private and public sectors.
Improvements in assistance for victims of identity theft

The President’s Identity Task Force plans to make broad sweeping changes to current policies as well as exact items to change in law and education.


Among the changes

Less use of SSN’s by government agencies. Your Social Security Number is the single most important piece of information to protect in cases of identity theft

Increase consumer awareness through education

Until new laws are in place, it is up to you to make sure identity thieves don’t ruin your life.

Identity theft can happen to anybody at anytime. So make sure you never give out your personally identifying information. To ensure your identity is secure I highly recommend spending less than $10 per month and subscribe to LifeLock’s identity protection service. You have nothing to lose and your identity to protect.

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I was reading your article here about identify theft and couldn't agree more. I just wanted to mention that the Discover credit card company must have the same Idea as you. They now have a very good fraud early warning alerts with fraud specialists dedicated to helping identify problems. But what I thought was the most interesting was the
Free online shopping tool that allows you to shop without revealing your account number. For people that are worried about having their peronal information on a credit card stolen when shopping online this is good deal. They are offering this with the discover more card if any of your readers are interested in this type of security.

Posted by: Bennii | June 11, 2007 11:47 PM

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