It’s official. As of June 25th, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is now issuing Social Security numbers (SSNs) using a random selection process. Since November 1936 when the first SSN was issued as a personal account number to track income … Continue reading
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Author Archives: idalabs
Study: Identities of Nearly 2.5 Million Deceased Americans Misused Each Year
New Study from ID Analytics’ ID:A Labs is First to Reveal Fraudsters Using Personal Information of the Deceased to Apply for Credit Products and Services The identities of nearly 2.5 million deceased Americans are used improperly to apply for credit … Continue reading
Posted in RESEARCH Tagged fraud, ID Analytics, ID:A Labs, identity fraud, identity fraud of the deceased, social security number Leave a commentJoel Winston: Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
On February 23, the President Obama announced a new initiative to govern how consumer privacy should be protected in this country. The Administration proposes a comprehensive privacy framework, marking the culmination of years of work by various government agencies, the … Continue reading
Joel Winston: CFPB rule on “larger participants” in credit reporting and debt collection industries
On February 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a rule defining “larger participants” in the credit reporting and debt collection industries. The Dodd-Frank Act gave CFPB supervisory and examination powers for nonbank financial institutions that are “larger participants,” as … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged CFPB, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, credit scores, Dodd-Frank Leave a commentClarifying the Fair Credit Reporting Act
Our commercial system relies on the flow of consumer information, whether for preventing fraud or making decisions about consumers seeking credit for products or services. The primary law governing these information flows is the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). But, … Continue reading
Keep the Death Master File alive
There’s been a lot of dead people applying for products and services lately, and that has caused some headaches at the Social Security Administration. The problem is that the SSA regularly publishes the list of who has died, along with … Continue reading
Study: ID Analytics Study Finds Six Million U.S. Parents And Children Inappropriately Sharing Identity Information Nearly Three Million Elderly Parents are Likely Victims of Identity Manipulation at the Hands of Their Adult Children
SAN DIEGO, CA – September 20, 2011 – Nearly six million parents and children in the U.S. are inappropriately sharing identity information according to new data released today from ID Analytics’ ID:A Labs. While the study found that about 500,000 … Continue reading
Posted in RESEARCH, Uncategorized Tagged child ID fraud, child ID theft, ID Analytics, identity fraud, identity theft Leave a commentStudy: More Than 140,000 Children Could Be Victims Of Identity Fraud Each Year New Study from ID Analytics Finds When Children’s Data is Exposed, it is Misused More Frequently
SAN DIEGO, CA – July 12, 2011 – For most people, the thought of their children being victims of identity fraud is even more chilling than being a victim themselves. While children are less at risk for identity fraud than … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged child ID fraud, child ID theft, ID fraud, ID theft, identity fraud, identity theft Leave a commentStudy: 45 million people in the U.S. deliberately manipulate their identities
ID:A Labs Study Finds More Than 16 Percent of U.S. Population Engage in Improper Identity Manipulation, with Houston Being the Worst City An ID:A Labs study released today found an estimated 45 million people in the U.S. have deliberately manipulated their … Continue reading
Posted in RESEARCH Leave a commentFFIEC issues supplement to 2005 guidance on Internet banking security
Today, the Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council (FFIEC) released its long awaited supplement to its October 2005 guidance on authentication in an Internet banking environment. The Supplement reflects the FFIEC’s conclusion that financial institutions and their customers are facing increasing … Continue reading
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