August 2007
 

Is Identity Theft Protection
Services Worth Paying For?

ID Theft Protection Newsletter

Welcome to the E-newsletter for Identity Theft protection, providing you with breaking news, alerts and information to protect yourself from the fastest growing crime.

With identity theft rampant, we need to be cautious with our personal information. But consumer advocates say there's something else we ought to be vigilant about: expensive services for identity theft protection. [Click for entire article]

What’s in the News

 

Credit monitoring not a cure-all for ID theft
Your personal information can be gold mine for criminals, so you probably guard it carefully. But what about those times when it's in someone else's hands and suddenly, because of their carelessness, it falls into the hands of the wrong people?


 

Lawsuits target KFC, Taco Bell over credit card data on receipts
Fast-food chains KFC and Taco Bell failed to comply with a law that limits the amount of credit card information companies can print on customers' receipts, two lawsuits filed earlier this month claim.


 
LifeLock Coerced Unusable Confession from ID Theft Suspect
A man who stole the identity of LifeLock co-founder Todd Davis won't face criminal charges, police say, because LifeLock stepped in before the police could finish investigating the crime and coerced the suspect into making a videotaped confession that isn't admissible in court.