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Recent Articles
Feb 1, 2012
Tax Refund Scam
A typical tax refund scam can happen during any tax season, however, during tough economic times or a special tax refund year, scammers may have an upper hand against their victims.
Once in a while, we may realize that our lives are disorganized and require us to get our house and identity in order which means that we have to have plans for reaching our goals and reducing risks.
Customer education is not only mandatory under certain laws but also a great business practice to reduce security risks and fraud costs resulting from customer’s lack of awareness and education.
Red Flags Rule shortfalls must be understood and considered to address all identity theft risks when implementing an identity theft prevention program while complying with the identity theft law.
Consumers concerned with the risk of identity theft often ask whether automated credit monitoring services work which is a multidimensional question requiring multi-layer answers.
The Internet increasingly touches upon the privacy of consumers worldwide causing all countries to consider privacy law expansion for domestic and international businesses.
As members of online websites where you share information with others, you must update your social network profile as necessary to allow uninterrupted communication and be aware of all other risks.
Halloween provides a great opportunity for criminal to commit fraud while disguised and without being noticed. On the other hand, everyday is Halloween as some people disguise physically and online.
Using over the counter products or public products such as soap and shampoo at the gyms or hotels can pose serious product tampering risks due to unauthorized and illegal modifications.
Consumers are always looking for identity theft protection services; however, some may not be very clear about the risks or know about available solutions and their benefits.
Management must assume corporate security accountability to effectively protect consumer information and comply with information security laws and regulations.
Identity reset is sometimes an available and last option to resolve severe cases of identity theft and fraud depending on whether the identity component has been affected permanently requiring reset.
As the majority of companies rely on a social security number to validate a customer’s identity for running their businesses, social security number verification is a necessary step in the process.
Do you know if you own RFID credit cards, what RFID is and what potential risks it may introduce? If you answered no to any of these questions, you should read this article.
Cases of stolen, damaged and lost cell phone are common occurrences which consumers can foresee and take the necessary actions to protect and recover their lost or stolen cell phone and its data.
Companies affected by identity theft or Red Flags Rule and FFIEC compliance must strongly consider a professional red flag training and certification for their employees and identity theft programs.
When the credit scoring system allows consumers to buy credit for improved borrowing power, the entire credit and lending process is negatively affected impacting lenders, borrowers and credit seller.
Unused credit cards expose us to unnecessary identity theft and credit risks which can be easily avoided without any impact to our credit worthiness, credit needs and credit solutions.
In response to a massive birth certificate fraud, Puerto Rico invalidated all existing birth certificates for a massive birth certificate reset and replacement for its people.
An identity fraud affidavit is a document that helps identity theft victims document the facts related to their identity fraud before contacting the police or the affected companies.
You must check your wallet periodically to review its contents, decide which ones need to remain in your wallet, and ultimately reduce your identity theft risk by removing some of its contents.
Child identity theft is real, easy to commit and harder to detect as children’s personal information is already available to trustworthy criminals and no one cares or suspects enough to monitor fraud.
Many businesses and organizations fall within the definition of the federal identity theft prevention law who must comply with Red Flags Rule. Are you a covered entity?
Reading the latest identity theft news and learning from identity theft lessons extracted from recent news and identity theft stories are great ways to improve identity protection efforts.
As service organizations attempt to boost client confidence by reporting their validated controls, audit standards changed from SAS70 to SSAE16 on June 15, 2011 requiring additional information.
There are ways that we can detect medical insurance fraud which we should strongly consider due to frequent occurrences of medical fraud cases and their consequences.
Identity theft risk management efforts are usually concentrated around four general areas which are protection of personal information, compliance, fraud prevention and lawsuits.
Office privacy is a great corporate benefit which is no longer offered and if anyone wants to remain private, they should open their own business and disconnect from the Internet.
One way to prevent identity theft is to place a fraud alert or freeze on your credit reports. Learn the differences of both and pick the one that’s right for you.
When risk managers perform risk assessments to identify threats facing their organizations, they should consider an employee fraud risk a real threat to the company and propose mitigating solutions.
The Certified Red Flag Specialist (CRFS) program is an identity theft certification and training program closely aligned with the federal Red Flag identity theft risk management and prevention law.
The requirements and fees by credit freeze laws to lock your credit report vary from one State to another in the United States. The requirements and fees for all States are listed here.
Consumers are being hit with back to back financial scams as in the lawless Wild West and are not able to sustain their lifestyles and pursue their dreams with no one in sight to protect them.
In light of increasing identity theft risks and federal Red Flags Rule enforcement, companies concerned with identity theft and compliance must consider a Chief Identity Theft Prevention Officer.
Many people who file their taxes and expect a tax refund usually just ask one question while they impatiently wait for their refund check which is where is my tax refund?
There are times when you must replace social security card especially when you discover someone else is using your card for credit and employment purposes or if you lost the card.
Many companies realize the necessity of call center training for reducing customer service risks including fraud, corporate espionage, customer disloyalty, lawsuits and penalties.
As a result of an IBM security incident and notification in January 2011, my health insurance provider, Health Net, offered me a free Debix identity protection for two years.
When consumers face collection activities by their creditors, there are debt collection laws to preserve consumer rights and fair collection practices.
There are many risk management certification options in the marketplace. Some are general while others are more specific in nature which may be selectively combined for full risk management coverage.
National Institute of Standards and Technology or NIST security compliance is sometimes a requirement for earning government contracts. This article highlights the NIST 800 security areas.
When companies which collect millions of personal records protect such private information carelessly, their negligence ripple effect goes beyond their business boundaries affecting other companies.
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