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ID Theft In US Continues Apace Despite Data Breach Laws

4roddas points out an article at Techworld about the continued scourge of identify theft in the US, which begins: "Over the past five years, 43 US states have adopted data breach notification laws, but has all of this legislation actually cut down on identity theft? Not according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University who have published (PDF) a state-by-state analysis of data supplied by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). 'There doesn't seem to be any evidence that the laws actually reduce identity theft,' said Sasha Romanosky, a Ph.D student at Carnegie Mellon who is one of the paper's authors. Since 1999 the FTC has invited identity theft victims to log information about their cases on its Web site. The data are then made accessible to law enforcement, which uses the information to help analyze crime trends.

Palm-vein biometrics help accurately ID patients

All too often, people are victims of identity theft. Less common, but perhaps more dangerous, is the growing trend of medical identity fraud. According to an FTC report, three percent of all identity theft victims in 2005 were victims of medical identity theft — which means of the 8.3 million ID theft victims that year, approximately 250,000 people were victimized by medical identity theft. Victims do not normally realize that they have been victimized — unless they get a hospital bill for a procedure they never received.

McAfee Launches Anti-Theft Protection for Consumers and Small Businesses

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc., NYSE: MFE today announced McAfee Anti-Theft File Protection, an innovative security software which provides privacy and theft protection for valuable files stored on a PC. By enabling PC users to lock their important files, such as bank statements, tax returns, business documents and even photos in a digital vault, McAfee Anti-Theft can safeguard them against identity and PC thieves, hackers and others.

ALLIANCE AGAINST INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT

That this House commends the Alliance Against Intellectual Property Theft on its 10th anniversary of campaigning to ensure intellectual property (IP) rights are respected and that IP theft is viewed as seriously as other forms of theft; notes the important economic and cultural contribution IP makes to the UK and the devastating harm caused by IP crime which sees UK industry losing an estimated £10 billion a year and further billions placed firmly in the hands of criminals; acknowledges the progress that has been made by the Government to ensure IP rights are properly protected and able to be effectively enforced but believes much more still needs to be done to ensure the legislative framework is fit for purpose; and urges the Government to ensure trading standards and others involved in IP enforcement have the funding and resources nece

FTC Recruiting Identity Theft Victims

coondoggie writes "In an effort to buttress its enforcement and better understand the scourge that is identity theft, the Federal Trade Commission said today its plans to conduct a wide-ranging study of victims of the crime. The FTC is looking for people harmed by the crime and said the survey will examine the remedies available to victims under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act). Among other things, the FACT Act gave consumers the right to place fraud alerts on their credit files if they are, or suspect they may become, victims of identity theft; block information on their credit reports that resulted from identity theft; and obtain copies of their credit reports free of charge."

Grand Theft Auto movie an impossibility? (Grand Theft Auto IV)

Anyone that's interested in seeing a Grand Theft Auto movie shouldn't hold their breath. It seems that Rockstar can't make a film out of the game due to a legal settlement.

Factually Wrong 'Grand Theft Childhood' Review Published, Then Removed (Grand Theft Auto IV)

Dr. Joanne Cantor, like many in the field of psychiatry, were none too pleased with the book "Grand Theft Childhood", and wrote a scathing review about the book on a popular and well-respected psychiatry website. There was just one problem: She had nothing to back up her outrageous claims.

GTA IV News Aplenty

Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games must be crying tears of joy and wiping them away with $50 bills these days with Grand Theft Auto IV being the tremendous success it's come to be. A recent press release reads, "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), said today that Grand Theft Auto IV has surpassed all-time entertainment records for day one and week one sales by dollar value. Released on Tuesday, April 29th, Grand Theft Auto IV, the critically acclaimed video game, has sold through to consumers approximately 6 million units globally with an estimated retail value of more than $500 million in the first week. Grand Theft Auto IV sold approximately 3.6 million units on its opening day with a retail value of approximately $310 million globally.

Grand Theft Auto IV: Special Edition (Grand Theft Auto IV)

Yeah, you’ve probably seen people showing off their cellophaned GTA IV boxes, holding them aloft like they were proud parents or Olympic medal recipients. But this is for realz! Bonafide, even. A few of you have already gotten your sticky little fingers all over the Special Edition, so you already know the excitement currently radiating through the GR offices on this momentous day of days. Please, won’t you join us in celebrating Christmas in late-April by partaking in this visual fangasm.

StrongMail Reveals 90% of Cases of Lost or Stolen Private Data Go Unreported by British Firms

New independent research from StrongMail reveals the loss or theft of private and confidential data is endemic amongst UK firms, with almost two-thirds of marketing professionals experiencing a data breach involving the loss or theft of consumer information over the past 24 months. In 90% of cases the loss or theft went unreported since they felt that they were not required to, or were unsure whether they had to, report the incident to customers.

StrongMail Reveals 90% of Cases of Lost or Stolen Private Data Go Unreported by British Firms

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2008--New independent research from StrongMail reveals the loss or theft of private and confidential data is endemic amongst UK firms, with almost two-thirds of marketing professionals experiencing a data breach involving the loss or theft of consumer information over the past 24 months. In 90% of cases the loss or theft went unreported since they felt that they were not required to, or were unsure whether they had to, report the incident to customers.

Theft of aboriginal artist's work from B.C. museum leaves art world guessing

VANCOUVER - RCMP have alerted Interpol about a weekend heist of valuable native artwork and Canada's art world is abuzz over what motivated the theft from a B.C. museum.

Theft of aboriginal artist's work from B.C. museum leaves art world guessing

VANCOUVER - RCMP have alerted Interpol about a weekend heist of valuable native artwork and Canada's art world is abuzz over what motivated the theft from a B.C. museum.

Theft of aboriginal artist's work from B.C. museum leaves art world guessing

VANCOUVER - RCMP have alerted Interpol about a weekend heist of valuable native artwork and Canada's art world is abuzz over what motivated the theft from a B.C. museum.

Grand Theft Awesome

Grand Theft Auto gets injected with a sense of realism that turns this free-wheeling action game into a piece of interactive art

Grand Theft Auto IV video game sells 6 million copies in fir

The Grand Theft Auto IV video game has stolen all entertainment records for an opening week, with global retail sales of about 6 million copies, or $500 million, according to Take-Two, its publisher.

Hire identity theft help or do-it-yourself

Identity theft has become one of America's biggest financial fears. Many people worry that it's no longer a matter of if their identity will be compromised, but when.

Take-Two Delays Grand Theft Auto IV DLC

Grand Theft Auto IV is a gigantic game, so maybe it won't come as too much of a disappointment to learn that both of the planned downloadable "episodes" exclusive to the Xbox 360 version have been delayed. Shacknews reports the first episode won't be released until the first quarter of Take-Two's 2009 fiscal year, which spans November 1, 2008 through January 31, 2009.

'Grand Theft Auto IV' races into videogame record books

"Grand Theft Auto: IV" blew away videogame and Hollywood records as its creators reported Wednesday that it raked in an unprecedented 500 million US dollars in its opening week.

Grand Theft Auto Bore

You may have heard of this game: Grand Theft...Auto...something. Plus we score you a couple free GTA games and take a spin with Mario's new ride.

Grand theft console: Pair steal 1,440 PS3s

Two men have been found guilty of the grand theft console heist of £700,000 worth of PlayStation 3s, and remain in custody pending sentence.

Grand theft console: Pair steals 1,440 PS3s (PlayStation 3)

Two men have been found guilty of the grand theft console heist of £700,000 (like $1.4 million) worth of PlayStation 3s, and remain in custody pending sentence.

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