| How to leave identity thieves out in the cold
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. � It could happen to you. Somebody swipes your Social Security number, then uses it to open a credit card in your name. Before you know it, you've become a victim of identity theft and have a pile of bills for things you didn't buy. Sylvia Coates has found a way to prevent that unpleasant scenario from happening by freezing her credit reports. ``I can't tell you how wonderful it is. I think it is the only foolproof way,'' she said. Coates, who lives in Orinda, Calif., applied for a credit freeze soon after that option become available in 2003, thanks to passage of a state law there that requires credit reporting bureaus to let consumers initiate a credit freeze. Having a credit freeze means that access to your credit reports and credit scores cannot be shared with potential creditors or lenders unless you give permission.
Use free reports to monitor, clean up your credit
CREDIT REPORTS show the good, the bad and the ugly in your financial life. They also provide the basis for calculating your credit score, which among other things is used to determine what interest rate you pay on a loan or whether you even get a loan in the first place. That's why it's so important for consumers to obtain a free credit report once a year from each of the country's three major credit reporting bureaus: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Passage of a federal law in 2003 made this possible. Going over your credit report helps you find out not only if there are mistakes that could lower your credit score, but also whether you are an identity-theft victim. Sandra Chapin, program director at the San Mateo-based Consumer Federation of California, ordered her credit reports a few weeks ago.
State governments must discharge their constitutional responsibility
He led the country in 10 Tests, but lost the captaincy in 1989 following a controversial tour of the US to play some festival matches. At the time of his retirement in 1992, he was second only to Gavaskar in runs and centuries scored in Tests. In his retired life, Vengsarkar started Elf-Academy in 1995 and became Vice-President for the Mumbai Cricket Association in 2003. Though he was the front runner for the post of the Chairman, Selection Committee, he opted out because of his policy against zonal representation. He, however, accepted the job of the Chairman of selectors of the BCCI in September 2006. Dilip was made Chairman of the Talent Resource Development Wing when it was created in 2002 to find cricket talents within the country. In spite of having loopholes in the team selection process, the TRDW through an objective assessment system, recommended some indubitable talent that had then made it into the Indian team.
News 25 Investigation Finds Identity Theft Risk in Peoria County Clerk ...
Government officials are often the first to warn people about the dangers of identity theft.But there's a government office in Peoria County that's exposing people to the risk. Since learning from News 25 of that exposure, local legislative leaders are promising they'll take new legislation to Springfield next year. If you have ever had a court proceeding or violated the law in Peoria County...even something as small as a curfew violation when you were a teen...you could become susceptible to identity theft. Information regarding traffic and criminal offenses is public record...accessible on these computers in the courthouse. But those records not only include information on your case—for countless people there's your name, address, date of birth...and your social security number...personal information available for the public eye, and anyone can walk into the courthouse to access it.
'E-Mail Wiretapping' Prosecutions Could Increase in the Future
So, I would take the position that the employer is a joint intended recipient of the e-mail. Employees are put on notice that their e-mail may be readso they have to presume that the employer will be looking at it." Click here to read more about security in the e-mail management industry. A recent survey conducted by Proofpoint shows that 63 percent of all companies employ staff or plan to employ staff to read employees' e-mail. The survey, conducted in May by Proofpoint of 332 IT decision-makers at U.S. enterprises with more than 1,000 employees found the following: More than a third of companies36.1 percentemploy staff to read or otherwise analyze outbound e-mail. Forty percent of companies with more than 20,000 employees do this. Companies estimate that almost 1 in 4 outgoing e-mails24.7 percent contains content that poses a legal, financial or regulatory risk.
Blood hound
Connie Chavez is a registered nurse at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles. Samuel Chavez works as a truck driver. "He got people from Santa Clarita, Moreno Valley, Riverside and Lancaster," to donate blood, said Samuel Chavez. Of the 31 people recruited, 10 could not donate for various medical reasons. But in the end, the people that could give donated 21 pints of blood. Today, Razo is feeling fine. And Steven is an Eagle Scout. But doctors have told Razo the ITP could return at any time. She gets checkups every six months to make sure her platelet count is normal. "He did something good," said Razo, the mother of three daughters. "It was good of him and the community. If people hadn't donated blood, I wouldn't be here." emanuel.parker@sgvn.com (626) 578-6300, Ext.
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