FOX19.com and FOX19 News, weather, traffic, and sports for Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky | My Safe Identity
Member Center:
Phishers and spammers are getting more creative in using copy and creatives hijacked from legitimate web sites, including online retail sites, to con consumers into divulging sensitive information such as account numbers, says Rick Buck, director of privacy and ISP relations at e-mail services provider eDialog Inc. "People are getting very creative about being tricky," he says. More>>
Identity fraud rates are highest in major metropolitan areas. What's surprising, however, is that identity fraud is also high in some less populated cities like Little Rock, Ark. and Springfield, Ill. It might seem harder to explain high rates of identity fraud in less populated areas, but this is where our previous research on synthetic identity fraud becomes especially relevant. More>>
Phishers and spammers are getting more creative in using copy and creatives hijacked from legitimate web sites, including online retail sites, to con consumers into divulging sensitive information such as account numbers, says Rick Buck, director of privacy and ISP relations at e-mail services provider eDialog Inc. More>>
If you're buying anything online anytime soon, you better charge it. MasterCard, Visa, American Express -- take your pick -- but don't hit the virtual checkout lane without your bank-protected plastic in hand. More>>
For $60, a thief can buy your health records-and use them to get costly care. Guess who gets the bill More>>
Looking ahead, it won't be long before the majority of Americans will have been notified about a breach affecting their data. More>>
More than 1,200 people were arrested for alleged immigration violations earlier this week when federal agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided Swift meatpacking plants. More>>
"Previous e-card attacks and resulting infections have been slanted more toward denial of service, spam relay and virus propagation -- this one is much more dangerous to users because their financial information is at risk," Minoo Hamilton, senior vulnerability researcher for nCircle, told TechNewsWorld. More>>
The size of their average catch increased almost five-fold, from $257 per victim last year to $1,244 in 2006. More>>
Researchers at the Indiana University School of informatics found, in a recent study, that phishers may be netting responses from as much as 14 percent of the targeted populations per attack, as opposed to 3 percent per year, a higher-than-expected percentage of internet users who are likely to fall victim to scam artists. More>>
More than one in four Americans say their financial information or personal information has been stolen, sometimes by someone they knew, according to a survey released this week. More>>
Ralphs Grocery Co., a division of Kroger Co., Cincinnati, is cooperating with an investigation by police in Southern California into possible identity theft. More>>
Identity theft in Ohio has doubled since 2002, says a report from a company that helps businesses and insurers fight identity fraud. More>>
The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce said Friday that it was a victim of a "phishing" scam that involved an e-mail purportedly from Fifth Third Bank. More>>
Consumer concerns about breaches in information security are rising throughout the U.S. and Europe, enough to have a major impact on consumer loyalty and business relationships, according to the new "Secure the Trust of Your Brand" survey being released today by the Chief Marketing Officer Council. More>>
Veterans Administration (VA) Secretary James Nicholson said Thursday his agency's infamous stolen laptop containing the personal records of 26.5 million veterans has been recovered. More>>
A bill that would require retailers and other entities to secure consumer data and notify consumers when information is breached has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. More>>
Internet security experts have discovered a new phishing scam that uses voice recordings to pilfer money from PayPal accounts. More>>
More than ever, the information explosion, aided by an era of easy credit, has led to the expansion of a crime that feeds on the inability of consumers to control who has access to sensitive information and how it is safeguarded. That crime is identity theft. More>>
Just as Internet surfers have gotten wise to the fine art of phishing, along comes a new scam utilizing a new technology. More>>
The United States Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (Check 21), effective October 2004, enables banks to improve check processing by allowing them to handle more checks electronically, making check processing faster and more efficient. More>>
The Financial Modernization Act of 1999, also known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB Act), protects the privacy of consumer information held by financial institutions and requires companies to give consumers privacy notices that explain the institutions' informationsharing
practices. More>>
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a United States federal law that requires health care organizations to "maintain reasonable and appropriate, technical, and physical safeguards to prevent intentional or unintentional use or disclosure of protected health information." More>>
The law established a new federal crime, aggravated identity theft, outlined under "offenses" in the Act. More>>
Enacted following a series of high-profile accounting scandals in the United States, most notably Enron and Worldcom, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is intended to enhance corporate responsibility and financial reporting as well as combat corporate and accounting
fraud. More>>
The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA Patriot Act) was enacted in October 2001 in an effort to "deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law
enforcement investigator tools and for other purposes." More>>
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC ยง1232g, 34 CFR Part 99) is a federal U.S. law that protects the privacy of student education records. More>>
FACTA amended the existing Fair Credit Reporting Act providing consumers, companies, consumer reporting agencies and regulators with new tools to expand consumer access to credit, enhance the accuracy of consumer financial information, and help fight identity theft. FACTA is administered by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). More>>
The Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (EEA) made it a criminal offence to steal trade secrets, defined as "all forms and types of financial, business, scientific, technical, economic or engineering information" that the owner has taken reasonable measures to keep secret and that is not known to the public. More>>
Provides leadership in education, research and networking for the benefit of information professionals. More>>
Promotes the information destruction industry and the standards and ethics of its member companies. More>>
Dedicated to the enhancement and promotion of the information management industry. More>>
Defines and supports the profession of privacy by being a forum for interaction, education and discussion across industries. More>>
Dedicated to the advancement of health through quality information. More>>
Provides a strong voice for the commercial real estate industry based on strength in numbers, creating a critical mass and focus of resources for the benefit of the local associations, individual members and the industry at large. More>>
Provide professional development, guidelines and voluntary standards to be used by higher education officials regarding the best practices in records management, admissions, enrollment management, administrative information technology and student services. More>>
Promotes the facility management profession by providing leadership, recognition and standards of excellence More>>
Hospital industry association dedicated to the environment and environmental practices. Focused on the reduction of waste and proper destruction and recycling of materials including paper and files. More>>
The national trade association of the forest, pulp, paper, paperboard and wood products industry. More>>
