http://blog.idexpertscorp.com ID Experts Corporate Blog Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:12:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Doug Pollack This week President Bush signed into law the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2008.  As reported in the Washington Post, this law will: "make it easier for prosecutors to go after cybercrooks, while ensuring that identity theft victims are compensated for their time and trouble when convicted ... http://blog.idexpertscorp.com/2008/10/bush-signs-new-law-to-fight-cybercrime-id-theft/ by Heather Wells As someone who works on behalf of victims of id theft, I have seen the cases of medical identity theft increase over the past few years. It's hard to tell whether this is because medical id theft is becoming more well-known and therefore reported more often by the ... http://blog.idexpertscorp.com/2008/08/medical-id-theft-our-financial-health-at-stake/ by Doug Pollack Most of us are unaware of the severe emotional stress that can come about as a result of identity theft. It is gratifying to see the Wall Street Journal exposing this issue so dramatically in today's article titled "How to Make Identity Theft Worse". Ms. Jordan's article describes poignantly ... http://blog.idexpertscorp.com/2008/08/the-human-toll-of-identity-theft/   By Rebecca Seaman A modified bill that would allow victims of ID Theft to recoup costs in federal court and which would impose harsher restrictions on cyberattacks passed in the Senate this week. The bill, known as the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act, still needs to be approved by the ... http://blog.idexpertscorp.com/2008/08/senate-passes-stricter-identity-theft-legislation/ by Doug Pollack I'll admit I'm a fan of Clark Howard. For those of you that don't know him, he has a very popular radio show, The Clark Howard Show, and is a advocate for consumers in their financial affairs. On today's program, he became very animated talking about Freecreditreport.com. This ... http://blog.idexpertscorp.com/2008/07/freecreditreportcom-a-ripoff/ Rebecca Seaman Data breaches are on the rise, despite preventative measures such as state notification laws. Specifically, the Washington Post reports that data breaches reported by businesses, governments and universities are up 69 percent this year. Businesses alone accounted for a 27 percent increase in breaches, or one third of all ... http://blog.idexpertscorp.com/2008/07/data-breaches-up-69-percent-this-year-businesses-account-for-one-third/ by Heather Wells In a recent article dated June 20, 2008 from npr.org, writer Dina Temple-Raston reports on the arrest of hundreds of people believed to be guilty of scamming the public out of millions of dollars of hard earned home equity. She writes, “instead of stealing an identity to secure a ... http://blog.idexpertscorp.com/2008/06/feds-cracking-down-on-mortgage-identity-theft/ by Doug Pollack So much of what is written about identity theft today centers around the way in which it is perpetrated, the nature of the fraud and how this is evolving, and the failure of companies to keep personal information of their employees, clients and customers secure. What doesn't tend ... http://blog.idexpertscorp.com/2008/06/the-toll-of-id-theft/ by Doug Pollack The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) today released its annual survey  looking at the impact of identity theft crimes on the victim. This is the  fifth  of these annual studies  titled "Identity Theft: The Aftermath 2007" . The authors encourage readers to note that: "It is critical that we remember ... http://blog.idexpertscorp.com/2008/06/focus-on-the-victim/ by Doug Pollack We all hear about how more and more identity theft is now being done with the internet. What you don't hear as much about is how an increasing percentage of US-based identity theft is perpetrated by organized crime overseas. A recent FBI press release titled "38 Individuals in US ... http://blog.idexpertscorp.com/2008/05/organized-crime-id-theft-from-eastern-europe/