Curbside Data Control

Brought to you by Shrednations Identity Theft is Down Javelin Strategy and Research has issued thier survey of identity theft for 2008. If you are not familliar with Javelin, they issue one of the two authoritative surveys of identity theft, the other is the FTC. Once again they report that identity theft is down by another 300,000 victims in 2007. The estimate it at 8.1 million victims a year. However, the average stolen has increased to $691. This represents an increase of 25 percent over the $554 in 2007. Buy the Report		Brought to you by Shrednations TSA Exposes Users to ID Theft A House of Representatives panel has released a report about the poor security of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) web site. It is not suprrising that the problems cited were cronyism and a lack of oversight. These problems lead to thousands of visitors to the web site having their identities exposed to identity theft. The site was awarded to Desyne Web Services with a no-bid contract worth an estimated $500,000. However, all this money wasn't enough to buy a $100 security certificate that would have protected site users. Or even a spell checker according to the report. Read more
Brought to you by Shrednations Medical Records - Good or Bad? Here are two stories covering the good and bad of personal health records (phr). While the idea of having all your medical records in one place sounds good on paper, I am unconvinced that it is worth the loss of privacy it comes with. It isn't the fear of the system being hacked as much as the number of people who will have access to it. For the system to be of any value every doctors office, laboratory, clinic, and hospital in America will have access. That means every health care worker has access and no system with that many people can be secured.		Brought to you by Shrednations Credit Freeze in Georgia With the passage of House Bill 130, residents of Georgia are one step closer to a credit feeze law. The bill was approved 167-2. The freeze will cost $3 to be placed or removed on an individual credit account. As we all debate the presidential candidates, rememeber that credit freeze laws have been effectively blocked in Washington but the strong support among the public has pushed them through most states. Don't forget to research your local and state officials because they are still getting things done.