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Identity Theft Protection - Identity Theft (or Identity Fraud) Is The Deliberate Assumption Of Another Person's Identity, Usually To Gain Access To Their Finances Or Frame Them For A Crime. Because Identity Theft Is So Broad A Concept Any Discussion Of Id
Identity Theft Protection
Techniques for obtaining identification information range from the crude, such as stealing mail or rummaging through rubbish (dumpster diving in the USA), stealing personal information in computer databases, to infiltration of organizations that store large amounts of personal information.
Identity theft is usually the result of serious breaches of privacy. Except for the simplest credit-related cases, identity theft is usually not possible without breakdowns in customer privacy, client confidentiality and political privacy.
In many parts of the world, identity theft is the fastest growing offence. However, in the USA, a longitudinal 2005 study by Javelin Strategy & Research showed that identity theft had leveled off since a 2003 study from the Federal Trade Commission was released in 2003.
It is difficult to fully quantify the extent of real personal privacy breaches, as laws requiring disclosure of such instances are just coming into existence.
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