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Hackers Compromise 160,000 Student Healthcare Records at Berkeley, Mills College

05/11/2009 - Hackers broke into the computer databases of the University of California-Berkeley's health services center, compromising about 160,000 student health records, including 3,400 students from Mills College.
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Social Security Recipients Warned to Watch Out for Scams

05/11/2009 - Federal and state agencies are warning recipients of Social Security to watch out for scammers ready to trick retired and disabled people into giving up financial information or other sensitive personal information in return for their stimulus checks.
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Racial Profiling

04/28/2009 - Racial profiling is no more effective than random screening, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Head of Homeland Security Vows to Repeal REAL ID

04/23/2009 - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has announced that she is working with state governors to try and repeal the REAL ID Act of 2005.
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GAO Obtains Passport with Social Security Number of Man Who Died in 1965

04/14/2009 - An undercover investigator was able to use counterfeit documents and the Social Security number (SSN) of a man who died in 1965 to obtain a U.S. passport, according to a letter from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
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United Kingdom Launches Fraud Strategy

03/19/2009 - The British government launched its three-year National Fraud Strategy today to help stamp out rampant fraud, but one security researcher says it would protect banks more than consumers.
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Biometrics for Dummies

02/25/2009 - Despite its title, Biometrics for Dummies gives an erudite and comprehensive overview of the field.
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Applicants for TWIC Should Stick to TSA Website or Hotline, Agency Says

01/23/2009 - The Transportation Security Administration is telling applicants for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential to only trust information on the TSA's Web site or its information hotline, according to Land Line Magazine.
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Identity Theft Loose Ends

12/29/2008 - Though progress has been made in combatting identity theft, the government must take additional steps to improve record keeping and information sharing.
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Personal Information

11/25/2008 - Consumers are getting jitters over sharing personal information with retailers. More than half of Canadians surveyed resist automatically providing personal information such as their name, address, and phone number when asked by retailers, according to a Canadian government report.
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Companies Face New ID Theft Rules

10/29/2008 - Some organizations are finding it difficult to meet new rules requiring enhanced identity-theft prevention programs.
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Preventing Identity Theft

10/28/2008 - This month, the Federal Trade Commission’s “red flag” rules to prevent and mitigate identity theft in financial institutions go into effect. Find out more about identity theft and the program on the FTC’s Web site.
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Data Security

10/28/2008 - A federal district judge has ruled that four Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees may sue the government after it compromised their personal data. The TSA lost a hard drive containing personal and financial information on 100,000 employees.
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