This is a question dear to my own heart and I'm dying to hear of any experiences. To be clear, "identify theft" is when someone is able to steal enough identifying information about an individual to be able to obtain credit or open accounts in that person's name. This results in businesses being unable to recover payments or loans, and enormous expense of at least time for the individual whose identity is stolen to straighten out that it was not he or she who ran up these horrendous bills.
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>>> Saundra Kae Rubel <[log in to unmask]> 03/15/04 01:38PM >>>
Hi
I was at the Securing Privacy in the Internet Age Conference at Stanford
Law over the weekend and someone asked what the prevalence of identity
theft was in European countries.
In the US, the statistics are staggering, however, we have different credit
policies which might account for the rampant numbers of theft.
Does the data protection legislation in Europe help to alleviate and or
minimize identity theft?
What is the identity theft situation in the UK?
Thanks for your answers
Saundra
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