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Social Security Numbers: Governments Could Do More To Reduce Display In Public Records And On Identity Cards
White Papers Today, the SSN has become a universal identifier; as such, it offers government as well as the private sector an efficient way to verify the identity and the qualifications of people for programs or activities ranging from taxes to health benefits...
[July 12, 2005, 6:00]
Social Security Numbers: Improved SSN Verification And Exchange Of States' Driver Records Would Enhance Identity Verification
White Papers States generally use the batch method for a short-term period to verify SSNs in their existing records, while states are more likely to use the on-line service on a continuous basis. Twenty-five states have used the batch or on-line method to...
[July 12, 2005, 6:00]
Reporters' Phone Records Hacked In HP Hunt
News Pretexting is a sometimes-illegal method of obtaining personal records through misrepresentation of someone's identity. The article, which quoted an unnamed source at length, prompted HP chairman Patricia Dunn to authorise an investigation into HP...
[September 8, 2006, 8:45]
Investigator Charged In HP Spy Case
News One of the private investigators hired to ferret out the source of a news leak at HP has been charged with federal identity theft and conspiracy. Wagner, along with Patricia Dunn, the former chairman of HP, and three others have already been...
[January 11, 2007, 7:56]
Home Office Proclaims Security Of ID Cards Scheme
News The government will also create an "identity custodian", to whom members of the public could apply about any accesses to their ID records. The National Identity Register will have tight access controls, stringent security and no risk of "discs...
[February 27, 2008, 13:34]
Is The Mis-use Of IT Destroying Our Civil Liberties?
Forum The UK Government has already begun the roll out of biometric technology in passports, fingerprinting of school children and is well underway with the the UK National ID card and National Identity Register which will allow private companies and...
[September 19, 2007, 17:06]
Row Over £30bn Cost Of ID Cards
News Whitley said that would raise the total cost of the scheme dramatically because all departments would need to update their IT systems and databases to incorporate the new ID number from the card and link with the national identity register and ID...
[November 4, 2005, 9:15]
HP Faces Crisis After Mole Hunt
News CNET News.com has a policy of not commenting on the identity of sources who ask for and are granted anonymity. That investigation allegedly revealed the identity of the source, whose name was disclosed to the directors.
[September 6, 2006, 16:10]
Security Experts Criticise Government Database Plans
News The Home Office announced in December that the National Identity Register — the planned database behind the controversial ID cards scheme — would comprise three existing databases. The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), the Identity and...
[January 19, 2007, 11:28]
UK, US, Russia, China - Surveillance Blackspots
Blog Meanwhile, the Washington Post is reporting that US federal government will soon offer its citizens an RFID enabled identity card that can be read at a distance of 20 feet, for those who frequently cross borders.
[January 2, 2008, 17:32]
Hacking Scandal Blamed On Broken Rules
News However, the information did not include social security numbers, addresses or birth dates, which would be needed for identity theft. The CardSystems breach follows several high-profile data loss incidents that potentially exposed American...
[June 21, 2005, 8:55]
Identity Theft Remains A Growing Problem
News Identity thefts have almost doubled in the US over the last year, according to a survey published on Monday by research firm Gartner. Avivah Litan, vice president and research director for Gartner, said in a statement: "More than half of all...
[July 21, 2003, 17:59]
Metadata Holds Key To Future Of Storage
News For example, we hear a lot about metadata in discussions about identity management. In that context, metadata often refers to other attributes that are associated with someone's identity besides their username and password.
[October 21, 2003, 14:55]
Criminal Charges Filed In HP Case
News The five face four felony charges: fraudulent wire communications, wrongful use of computer data, identity theft, and conspiracy to commit those three crimes. As for the count of identity theft, Lockyer alleges that Dunn and the others accused...
[October 5, 2006, 8:50]
Record Keeping Metadata Requirements For The Government Of Canada
White Papers The Record Keeping Metadata is defined broadly to include the type of information Departments are required to capture to describe the identity, authenticity, content, context, structure and management requirements of records created in the context...
[August 30, 2005, 3:00]
Privacy Keeper
Downloads Worried about identity theft? Privacy Keeper is a safe privacy protection tool that securely deletes online Internet tracks and program activity records that are stored in your browser and other hidden files on your computer.
[May 28, 2005, 21:31]
Secure Communications Healthcare Solution
White Papers Learn how MedePass, a digital identity provider, has used Microsoft and Chrysalis-ITS products to enable the California Medical Association to issue digital certificates to authenticate the identity of medical professionals online.
[July 19, 2003, 19:21]
Indian Outsourcing 'saves US Jobs'
Talkback Not even to speak of identity theft. Any outsourcing company can invade our privacy in financial and health records. Any terrorist group can retrieve any of this infomation to be used against us the US.
[December 30, 2003, 22:39]
The Smart Card Market Opportunity: Smart Card. Wallet PC. Electronic Cash.
White Papers It can be used to verify a user's identity to log on to a computer network; allow a physician to scan a patient's medical records and history; permit a harried traveller to buy a new set of luggage, and in theory could replace many of the ever...
[August 14, 2003, 16:19]
Electronic Government: Federal Agencies Continue To Invest In Smart Card Technology
White Papers Among other uses, these devices can provide security for physical assets and information by helping to verify the identity of people accessing buildings and computer systems. They can also support functions such as tracking immunization records or...
[August 23, 2005, 6:00]
