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Student Loan Identity Theft: What To Do If Someone Took Out Loans In Your Name

Key Points ・If someone used your identity to take out student loans, act immediately - time matters for stopping collections ...
Network World

55 Credit Unions Found in Violation of FTC’s ID Theft Rules

The FTC has found only 59 Identity Theft Red Flag Rule violations in all of the 1000’s of Credit Unions under their influence since January 2008 (Red Flag Rules enforcement date). The most prevalent ...
The Washington Post

FTC Says Identity Theft Is Rampant

Nearly 10 million people in the United States were victims of identity theft in the past year, crimes that took a total of 300 million hours to correct and cost people a total of $5 billion, the ...
Computerworld

FTC pushes back identity theft rules deadline — for fifth time

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has once again pushed back its enforcement deadline for an identity theft –lated regulation called the Red Flags Rule. The rule requires financial institutions and ...
WWLP-22News

FTC shares tips to prevent identity theft

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – It’s Identity Theft Awareness Week and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says identity theft can happen to anyone and can take many forms. The agency and its partners are ...
Becker's Hospital Review

FTC Grants 3 Month Delay of Enforcement of “Red Flags Rule” for Identity Theft Prevention

The Federal Trade Commission announced that it will delay enforcement of the new “Red Flags Rule” until Aug. 1 in order to give physicians, ASCs and hospitals, as well as other creditors and financial ...
Network World

FTC’s ID theft prevention rules affect more businesses than you think

My guess is many of you have never heard of the FTC’s Red Flag Rules. Even so, I would bet that a fair number of you work for a business that needs to comply with the rules. This unawareness is the ...
Independent Record

FTC: 10 million identity theft victims

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even federal regulators were surprised by what the most comprehensive government study of identity theft turned up: nearly 10 million victims and a loss of $53 billion for ...
InfoWorld

FTC data: Telcos, banks are top targets for ID theft

According to UC Berkeley study, Bank of America, Sprint, and AT&T top list of identity theft events, but several banks and telcos compromised too Compromised accounts within just 25 companies account ...
WWLP-22News

FTC warns consumers on identity theft risks

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Federal Trade Commission is educating consumers on how to protect themselves from identity theft. This can happen to anyone at any time, especially now as tax season gets ...
InfoWorld

FTC: Identity theft remains top consumer complaint

Internet fraud complaints are up almost 15 percent from last year, and though ID theft remains the top issue, its percentage of all claims is down from last year Identity theft remained top of mind ...
Computerworld

FTC says incidence of ID theft jumped in 2002

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission today said that reported cases of identity theft increased nearly 88% last year. But some experts say the numbers may only be disclosing a fraction of the ...