Comments on: Data Breach Alert: Arizona's Department of Economic Security loses personal data for 40,000 children http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2008/11/12/data-breach-alert-arizonas-department-of-economic-security-loses-personal-data-for-40000-children/ Daily resource for independent consumer information and service reviews Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:21:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Earl http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2008/11/12/data-breach-alert-arizonas-department-of-economic-security-loses-personal-data-for-40000-children/comment-page-1/#comment-29729 Earl Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:14:54 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=319#comment-29729 Yes, child Identity Theft is on the rise. Most will not know of any issues until they begin to look for work, go to college or get a drivers license. There are no real statistics on this. The 18-26 age group is 27% of the identity theft victims. As for a PROTECTION Service, there is not any company that can PROTECT you 100% from identity theft. To me protection should be 100%, anything less is not protection. I do not recommend a credit report each quarter. This could build a credit history which you want to avoid. If your child begins to receive unsolicited offers in the mail, then a check should be made. As your child grows, and begins to use the computer, let them know that they should never give out any personal information for any reason. There are many phishing scams out there. Be Pro-active vs. Re-active. Yes, child Identity Theft is on the rise. Most will not know of any issues until they begin to look for work, go to college or get a drivers license. There are no real statistics on this. The 18-26 age group is 27% of the identity theft victims.

As for a PROTECTION Service, there is not any company that can PROTECT you 100% from identity theft. To me protection should be 100%, anything less is not protection.

I do not recommend a credit report each quarter. This could build a credit history which you want to avoid. If your child begins to receive unsolicited offers in the mail, then a check should be made.

As your child grows, and begins to use the computer, let them know that they should never give out any personal information for any reason. There are many phishing scams out there.

Be Pro-active vs. Re-active.

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