A recent Business Week article discusses how hackers, online phishers and indentity thieves are focusing more on psychology than technology to steal your personal information. From the article — Computer-based fraudsters are finding new ways to trick people — not technology — to get the information they seek “Lawsuit against you,” reads the subject line […]
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Sprint Nextel have filed a federal lawsuit against a Florida-base private investigation firm that allegedly used unlawful practices to obtain confidential cell phone records of subscribers. From a recent article in the St. Petersburg Times — Sprint Nextel has filed a federal lawsuit against a private investigation firm in St. Petersburg, claiming it stole confidential […]
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Top Tech News has done an in depth article covering the availability of personal information online. The article seems somewhat alarmist in some places, but, nevertheless, has some good information in it. From the article Forget shredding your mail or worrying about who might have a copy of a recent credit card transaction. You have […]
In an attempt to make the privacy notices of banks and other financial institutions easier to read, Federal regulators are attempting to overhaul the requirements that govern these notices. All this according to an article in Computer World. From the article — Federal regulators today released a prototype privacy notice designed to make it easier […]
CBS News is reporting that LA County has sent out a warning to 94,000 residents about possible identity theft after documents containing their confidential information were publicly exposed in January. From the article — The documents were left next to a recycling bin in a parking garage outside a Department of Public Social Services office […]