Beth Givens
Beth Givens
member military name number personnel required security short social
The requirement that military personnel use the Social Security number for practically everything is nothing short of criminal, ... I got an e-mail from one military member who said he was required to stencil his name and Social Security number on his duffel bag. It's really outrageous.
gut people realize require society
It's creepy. People realize in their gut that if we require implanted chips, we've become the kind of society where people can be tracked by their government.
data type
This type of data should not have been on someone's laptop.
checking money takes weeks
Yes, you'll probably get that money back once they've done the investigation, but if the investigation takes two weeks or two months, here you are without money in your checking account.
check consumers credit regularly report uses vitally
With so many uses made of credit report these days, it's vitally important that consumers regularly check them.
cannot happening identity prevent reduce theft
Ultimately, you cannot prevent identity theft from happening to you, ... You can only reduce your chances.
compare federal fraudulent law loss pay primarily protected victims
We really don?t have anything to compare it to. Victims are protected by federal law from having to pay fraudulent charges, so the loss is primarily of time.
answer business financial information sure
If they answer yes, then ask, 'How are you making sure that my information is being protected?' If you don't like the answer, take your business to another financial institution.
commit criminals identity learned successful
Some criminals have learned that impersonating the deceased is a successful way to commit identity theft.
absolutely available credit happy identity select stop victim
Sure, if you want your credit to be absolutely convenient, you would not select a credit freeze. But if you are a victim of identity theft, you would be happy to have that available to you. Ultimately, it is the only thing that will really stop identity theft.
companies list names response socially
I think a socially responsible response would be to list the names of the companies affected.
identity issue
I think it's probably going to be as big of an issue as say, identity theft.
almost background daily hear identity issue past people problems theft
I think it's probably going to be as big of an issue as identity theft has been for the past decade. We hear from people almost daily who are having problems with their background checks.
children ok society
(If) it's now going to be OK for children to be GPS-tracked, when is it going to be OK society wide?