LifeLock drops credit fraud alerts in lieu of new prevention services

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

A recent court ruling in a case the case between LifeLock and Experian (one of the three credit bureaus and provider of a service that competes with LifeLock) has labeled LifeLock's ability to place credit fraud alerts on behalf of customer's accounts as an "unfair business practice." The Fair Credit ...

Identity Theft Damages Estimated at 50-100 Million Dollars

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

In most identity theft incidents, it is almost impossible to fully assess the damage because it is so hard to track. Most victims of identity theft have no idea how their data was compromised, and many incidents are never reported to the authorities. It is only after an identity thief ...