FTC to survey identity theft victims

Posted by Caitlin on July 4th, 2008

The Federal Trade Commission recently announced plans to survey identity theft victims who reported incidents of identity theft to the FTC between January 1 and May 30. The FTC hopes to learn whether victims found the available legal remedies effective in resolving these incidents. Available legal remedies include placing fraud alerts on their credit files, blocking certain information on their credit reports and receiving free copies of the reports. We certainly look forward to reading the results of this study!

The President's Identity Theft Task Force recommended this type of study last year. The Task Force also recommended limiting the use by federal agencies of Social Security numbers as identifiers, passing a national breach notification law and launching a federal ID theft awareness campaign.

If you are concerned about identity theft, you should consider an identity theft protection service.

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