NPR : Congress Aims to Combat Identity Theft In the wake of recent scandals involving data collection companies like ChoicePoint and LexisNexis, Congress has begun pushing for greater personal identity safeguards. [3:12 streaming audio broadcast] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4534018 Npr.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
NPR : Fighting Identity Theft Beth Givens, director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, discusses the recent spate of security breaches at consumer data banks. Computer hackers accessed consumer data at ChoicePoint and Lexis-Nexis. [4:20 streaming audio broadcast] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4533534 Npr.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
NPR : ID Thieves Target Children, Infants Even the youngest among us can be victims of identity theft. Seattle Times reporter Jolayne Houtz explains how, and why. John Brooke, a Seattle-area man, describes how his newborn became a target. [2:44 streaming audio broadcast] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4532977 Npr.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
NPR : Safeguarding the Data Brokerage Industry, Part I The data brokerage industry has come under intense scrutiny with the disclosure of two high-profile identity theft cases. NPR's Farai Chideya has a special report. [11:46 streaming audio broadcast] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4533732 Npr.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
NPR : Safeguarding the Data Brokerage Industry, Part II For a closer look at data brokers and what can be done to safeguard the industry from future fraud, NPR's Ed Gordon is joined by Robert O'Harrow Junior, a staff writer at The Washington Post and author of "No Place to Hide: Behind the Scenes of Ou http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4533735 Npr.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
NPR : Senate Mulls Measures to Combat Identity Theft The Senate Banking Committee considers possible regulations to battle the growing problem of identity theft. The most recent Federal Trade Commission survey found that 10 million Americans were the victims of some type of identity theft in one year. [3:4 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4530813 Npr.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
NPR : Protecting Yourself Against Identity Theft NPR's Madeleine Brand speaks with Gail Hillebrand about identity theft protection. Hillebrand is senior attorney for the Consumers Union, an independent, nonprofit testing and information organization. [3:52 streaming audio broadcast] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4508458 Npr.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
NPR : Information Companies and Identity Theft Recent data theft from information companies prompted hearings on Capitol Hill. Gail Hillebrand of Consumers Union tells Jacki Lyden what sort of personal data information companies such as Choicepoint and Lexis/Nexis collect -- and how they use it. [3:1 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4532974 Npr.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
NPR : Tips on Avoiding Identity Theft Michele Norris talks with Evan Hendricks, editor and publisher of Privacy Times and author of "Credit Scores and Credit Reports," about why people should be concerned about identity theft and what they can do to avoid it. [5:15 streaming audio http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4502040 Npr.org~Site InfoWhoisTrace RouteRBL Check
