Identity Theft

On Friday, a federal court in , D.C. will hear what the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) thinks??about a lawsuit the online privacy advocate EPIC has filed demanding that FTC charge with violations of a settlement agreement between FTC and involving Buzz. EPIC isn?t suing , and EPIC wasn?t a party to the settlement agreement. But ...  

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court put the mortgage relief business permanently off limits to marketers who allegedly charged thousands of consumers up to $2,600 each, based on bogus promises to provide loan modifications that would make mortgages much more affordable.  

NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomas A. Cohn, a veteran of the Federal Trade Commission, has joined the law firm of LeClairRyan as a partner on the firm's Antitrust, Corporate, Consumer Financial Services and Compliance, Investigations and White Collar...  

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned three online data brokers that their mobile applications might be in violation of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), according to an official statement from the agency.  

LinuxSecurity.com: They are long, hard to remember (even if you have easier-to-remember phrases), moreso when new, and are largely a difficulty for users to user properly. Combined with the fact that many users choose easy-to-guess or easy-to-ascertain passwords based off of commonly-known facts about themselves and that they will try all of their passwords when told one isn't working...the list goes on.  

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 50 employers from across the country today sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) expressing concern about the proposed merger between pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) Express Scripts, Inc. (ESI) and Medco...  

HA NOI — US footwear franchise Collective Brands has signed a franchising contract with the Central Marketing Group to open five Payless ShoeSource stores in Viet Nam Under the agreement, Payless would provide products, marketing strategies and use of ...  

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A group of hackers managed to gain access to TicketWeb’s direct email marketing systems and utilized it to send phishing emails to unsuspecting customers. The ticket distribution company is alerting users to be on the lookout for suspicious emails.  

Lauren was among the eight million people who fell victim to ID theft in 2010. Plenty of financial institutions are marketing identity theft protection services to people just like Lauren. Consumer Reports Money Adviser says the rate of ID theft is actually declining.  

Many government consumer–related websites focus on informing only consumers. However, the Federal Trade Commission's Business Center website is designed specifically to give businesses tools to better understand and comply with consumer protection law.  

Also in the social media arena, or at least with mobile applications, the Federal Trade Commission is warning the marketers of six mobile applications that provide background screening that, if they have reason to believe the background reports they provide are being used for employment screening, housing, credit, or other similar purposes, they must comply with Fair Credit Reporting Act  

Identity theft is the fastest growing consumer crime in the United States. According to the Federal Trade Commission, approximately 9.3 million individuals are victimized by the crime every year, so it's no wonder that more and more people are turning to ID theft prevention services to safeguard their identities. But consumers aren't the only ones at risk. Any size business, whether a giant corporation or a small business, must be vigilant to...  

Tax time is rolling around, again. Yeah, I'm just as disgusted as you are, but what can we do? Despite the fact that there are arguments against it, we pay, or we get free room and board, courtesy of the taxpayers. (hey, wait a second.... *grins*) Seriously, though, with taxes rolling around, we always see a fresh spate of phishing scams in our email. Everything from notes purported to be from the IRS telling us our filings are inaccurate...  

Use Google Alerts As An Identity Theft WatchdogLifehacker AustraliaHere, WikiHow recommends adding alerts not just for your name, but other key personal information that identity thieves go after, such as your phone number and address. Any time Google finds this posted somewhere, Google will email you and then you can ...and more »