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Start-up launches identity-theft search service

January 24, 2007 Service lets people check if their data is being traded online by criminals, but critics say it could be a boon for the same crooks. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, criminal, identity theft, fraud, Sunbelt Software, credit card, search technology, database, CEO, start-up

Police Blotter: Is it legal to use an alias anymore?

October 12, 2007 Arizona senior citizen sentenced to 10 years for inventing the name "Peter Reynolds" and using it to open bank accounts, pay his monthly bills. TAGS: Arizona, Cox Communications Inc., conviction, Police Blotter, bank account, identity, Social Security, bank, social security number, citizen, identity theft

Stolen Boeing laptop held ID data on 382,000

December 14, 2006 Former Boeing employees, some retirees could be at risk of ID theft after a notebook goes missing. TAGS: theft, incident, social security number, identity theft, Social Security, worker, laptop computer, notebook computer, server

Class action suit over ID theft tossed out

October 12, 2006 Acxiom, a data warehouser, had its databases looted at least twice. But judge throws out an ID-theft class action suit. TAGS: Acxiom Corp., identity fraud, class action, class action lawsuit, identity theft, social security number, Social Security, Adobe PDF, attorney, database, security, password, server

Loan company reports loss of data on 1.3 million

June 2, 2006 Texas student-loan provider says IT contractor lost hardware containing customer names and Social Security numbers. TAGS: Hummingbird Ltd., identity fraud, social security number, Social Security, identity theft, Texas, password

Short shelf life for data breach laws?

March 2, 2006 Privacy expert Thomas Oscherwitz says given the rapid advancement of technology, these laws may quickly become obsolete. TAGS: crook, law, social security number, identity theft, Social Security, institution, identity, notification, analysis, security
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