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• Data on 2.9 million Georgians goes missing

  A CD containing personal information on Georgia residents in the US has gone missing, according to the Georgia state Department of Community Health.

• Study: Identity theft keeps climbing

  The rate of identity theft-related fraud in the US has risen sharply since 2003, according to Gartner. In Australia, this menace costs billions of dollars in losses per annum.

• How we can stop identity theft--for good

  Identity theft is a growing problem throughout the world, but there's a mistaken impression that it is carried out merely by rogue hackers, when it is just as likely to be the guy next door.

• Birth-record Web site sales halted

  A Californian judge has suspended the sale of birth and death records to private companies, which have published the data online, on concerns that the records could be used to steal identities.

• Net fraud and the truth

  We need to get the facts straight about identity theft and the Internet and stop scaring consumers away from the antidote to a US$47 billion national problem in the U.S.

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• 10 ways to avoid being the victim of identity theft

  Identity theft is on the increase, to the tune of 10 million victims in the U.S. and $50 billion in costs. Share this list of preventive measures with your end users, friends, and family members to help protect them from this escalating crime.

• Net fraud and the truth

  We need to get the facts straight about identity theft and the Internet and stop scaring consumers away from the antidote to a US$47 billion national problem in the U.S.

• Identity fraud costs Australia AU$1 billion a year

  Identity fraud cost the Australian community AU$1.1 billion in 2001/02, according to a report released by a senior Minister, who also acknowledged the rapid subsequent growth of the problem.

• ID theft: Separating myth from reality

  Is online identity theft as rife as the widespread media reports would suggest? We find out whether the risks are real.

• Keep secrets safe with a data destruction policy

  The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other legislation have made data retention a hot topic. But about the flip side of the coin -- what happens when your data has finally served its purpose?

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