Category Archives: RESEARCH

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

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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

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Study: 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

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It’s here…randomized Social Security numbers

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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