Child Identity Theft - Tue Apr 10, 2012

Despite Rise in Child ID Theft, Parents Remain Largely Unaware MarketWatch (press release) This finding comes from a new Child Identity Theft study, based on third-party research commissioned by Equifax (NYSE:EFX) . Research firm Vantedge Group surveyed more than 1000 parents of minor children across the US about their perceptions and ...

ID thieves target the young Atlanta Journal Constitution “Definitely, children's identity theft is a huge issue,” said Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy for the nonprofit Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. “It tends not to be discovered for a long period of time.” Credit monitoring firms have taken ...

Tax Procrastination Can Cost You: Identity Thieves File Before Victims Do ABC News Tax-related identity theft has doubled over the past two years and now makes up the single largest category of the crime. In 2009, only 12 percent of identity theft was related to taxes. Now tax identity theft makes up 24 percent of all ID theft crimes ...

Utah Breach Shows Vulnerability of Health Records New York Times (blog) Child records, in particular, are valuable to criminals because their lack of a credit report or bank account makes it difficult to monitor them for identity theft. Their identity can be exploited for years before it is uncovered.

Utah Data Breach Leaves Tens of Thousands at Risk NewsFactor Network The Web site, http://www.idtheft.utah.gov, also allows victims of fraud to file an affidavit that will reduce the amount of time -- sometimes hundreds of hours -- that identity theft victims have to spend fixing their credit.

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