Identity Theft
“Identity Theft”
“People must be vigilant in protecting their identities” this is the argument that the police department uses to be able to get personal information of people from their cellphones. Unfortunately, as long as identity theft is a profitable venture, it will not disappear. The only way consumers and businesses can deal with it is to learn how to prevent it and then take those preventative measures. The most important action anyone can take to prevent against identity theft is to be aware of how personal or financial information is disseminated and the ways in which such information is vulnerable to misuse.
By: (Alex K., Newton, and Heather 2)
CyberSafety: Identity Theft
An incredible amount of information about people is available on the Internet in public records, which are created whenever people interact with the legal system or the government. Births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and a host of other events are a matter of public record. Records about the events in people’s lives have been maintained for longer than people have been able to put pen to paper. Another thing people can do is to be mindful of their presence on the Internet. Are they leaving an identification trail? Shopping is just one Internet activity that might provide an identity thief with lucrative information. Be sure when shopping electronically, that the Web site is considered secure. It should say on the Web site that it is secure; another sign is the “s” in the URL after http: https.
CITATION: (J. Vacca, and M. Vacca 68-69)
Vacca, John R., and Mary E. Vacca. Identity Theft. New York, NY: Chelsea House, 2012. p.68-9.
“Computers and society”
For many people, the commercial use of data about them represents the computer era’s most disturbing threat to privacy... Some social critics argue that in a society in which citizens increasingly define themselves by consumer choices, they inevitably feel naked when they realize that unknown marketing
“People must be vigilant in protecting their identities” this is the argument that the police department uses to be able to get personal information of people from their cellphones. Unfortunately, as long as identity theft is a profitable venture, it will not disappear. The only way consumers and businesses can deal with it is to learn how to prevent it and then take those preventative measures. The most important action anyone can take to prevent against identity theft is to be aware of how personal or financial information is disseminated and the ways in which such information is vulnerable to misuse.
By: (Alex K., Newton, and Heather 2)
CyberSafety: Identity Theft
An incredible amount of information about people is available on the Internet in public records, which are created whenever people interact with the legal system or the government. Births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and a host of other events are a matter of public record. Records about the events in people’s lives have been maintained for longer than people have been able to put pen to paper. Another thing people can do is to be mindful of their presence on the Internet. Are they leaving an identification trail? Shopping is just one Internet activity that might provide an identity thief with lucrative information. Be sure when shopping electronically, that the Web site is considered secure. It should say on the Web site that it is secure; another sign is the “s” in the URL after http: https.
CITATION: (J. Vacca, and M. Vacca 68-69)
Vacca, John R., and Mary E. Vacca. Identity Theft. New York, NY: Chelsea House, 2012. p.68-9.
“Computers and society”
For many people, the commercial use of data about them represents the computer era’s most disturbing threat to privacy... Some social critics argue that in a society in which citizens increasingly define themselves by consumer choices, they inevitably feel naked when they realize that unknown marketing