Archive for the ‘Child Identity Theft’ Category

Teacher steals identities of former students

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Teachers are supposed to be in a position of trust. As parents, we entrust our children's safety, education and -- to a certain degree -- morals to an educator's care. That must be why teachers are held to a higher degree and, when found wanting, have that much further to ...

Ghosting – When There’s Something Strange in the Neighborhood

Friday, July 17th, 2009

"Ghosting" is when someone steals the identity of a deceased person and it's on the rise. While the U.S. doesn't track statistics on "ghosting," in the United Kingdom the crime is so prolific that a person has a 16% chance of having their identity used illegally after their death. The ...

4200 Children Exposed to Identity Theft in Ohio School Data Breach

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Many adults are now guarding themselves with identity theft protection programs like LifeLock. Some identity thieves are turning to easier targets: their children. Children are becoming preferred victims because it is easier to expose their identities and harder to discover the theft. Students are especially easy targets because schools often ...