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Legal Report: ID issues \ Identity Theft
11/02/2007 - A bill (S.B. 682)introduced in the California Senate would prohibit state agencies from including RFID tags in identity documents—such as driver’s licenses, student identification badges, and medical cards. The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Joe Simitian (D), indicated in the text of the bill that RFID technology would allow data to be scanned secretly or remotely and, therefore, would greatly magnify the “potential risk to individual privacy, safety, and economic well-being.”
Beyond Print: ID issues \ Identity Theft
11/02/2007 - At a recent hearing on identity theft, data brokers argued that only limited measures were needed to protect consumers from identity theft, while consumer advocates and identity theft victims disagreed and laid out steps Congress should take. Representatives from companies such as ChoicePoint, Acxiom Corporation, and LexisNexis shared their stories of data breaches and the theft of information from their computer systems.
Intelligence: ID issues \ Identity Theft
11/02/2007 - Telling a real credential from a fake.
Book Reviews: ID issues \ Identity Theft
11/01/2007 - Throughout the book, Smith plays the 9-11 card too much. If only the United States had had a massive database of financial transactions, surveillance images, and other personal data, Smith writes, the terrorists might have been stopped. He does admit, however, that technology such as databases and DNA can be used only to mitigate, not eliminate, threats to society.
Legal Report: ID issues \ Identity Theft
11/01/2007 - The U.S. Sentencing Commission has voted to adopt new sentencing guidelines for the crime of aggravated identity theft, defined as using a stolen identity to commit other crimes. The new provisions, mandated by the Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act of 2004, create a minimum sentence of two years in prison for aggravated identity theft and a minimum of five years in prison for aggravated identity theft with the intent to commit an act of terrorism.
Daily Headline : ID issues \ Identity Theft
10/31/2007 - Maritime industry stakeholders voiced their frustration with the new biometric ID-cards aimed at securing the nation's ports.
Intelligence: ID issues \ Identity Theft
10/31/2007 - 142 ½
Number of Arizonans per 100,000 population who had their identities stolen last year, the highest rate in the United States, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The lowest rate of victimization, 23.2 per 100,000 residents, was in South Dakota.
IT: ID issues \ Identity Theft
10/31/2007 - A report by ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Committee looks at the problem of domain hijacking, where a hijacker takes control of a domain name from its owner. In one case described in the paper, hackers exploited poorly enforced policies and procedures to briefly take over the domain of PANIX.com, an internet service provider, causing the company’s customers to temporarily lose service.
Beyond Print: ID issues \ Identity Theft
10/31/2007 - A document published by chiefs of police explains how to report ID theft.
Intelligence: ID issues \ Identity Theft
10/29/2007 - The long-awaited and beleaguered Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) is finally set to roll out in the Port of Wilmington, Delaware.
Intelligence: ID issues \ Identity Theft
10/29/2007 - Citizens in New Mexico, California, Minnesota, and elsewhere have recently been targeted by identity thieves who call them on the telephone and claim to be court personnel. These scam artists threaten to issue a warrant for failure to comply with jury service, then ask for personal information such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, and employment data.
Daily Headline : ID issues \ Identity Theft
10/29/2007 - Plan would create three separate but secure driver's licenses.
Homeland Security: ID issues \ Identity Theft
10/29/2007 - A private-sector database could serve as a repository for a U.S. Animal ID system.
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