[jsfg_cinti] ARTICLE: When It Comes To ID Theft, Where You Live Matters

Dear JSFG Folks,

Here's an interesting article on identity theft.  It
turns out that Ohio is in the bottom ten as far as
incidence of identity theft (and that's a good thing).

For those of you concerned with identity theft, here's
a good website to consult:

Identity Theft Resource Center
http://www.idtheftcenter.org/index.shtml

You will find lots of interesting and useful
information at the ITRC.

Have a great day!

Regards,
Lance Feldman

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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197006136
or
http://tinyurl.com/2awbxh

When It Comes To ID Theft, Where You Live Matters
By Sharon Gaudin, InformationWeek, Feb 14, 2007

Living in New York, Arizona or California? You better
be extra wary of identity thieves.

And think you're safe living in a small town like
Faulkton, S.D.? Think again.

This is all according to the findings of ID Analytics,
Inc., which on Wednesday released the results of its
research into U.S. identity fraud by geographic
location.

Who's got it the worst? The top five states are (in
order) New York, California, Nevada and Arizona. But
don't feel too smug if you live in Illinois, Hawaii,
Oregon, Michigan, Washington or Texas because your
states rounded out the top 10.

The safest states to live in, when it comes to
identity theft anyway, are Wyoming, Vermont, Montana,
North Dakota and New Hampshire. Rounding out the top
10 list of states with the lowest rates of identity
fraud are Ohio, Maine, Iowa, West Virginia and South
Dakota.

...

It may be a lot more difficult for people to protect
themselves with government agencies and major
companies doing such a good job of losing their
personal data lately. In recent months, the Department
of Veteran's Affairs lost a hard drive containing
sensitive information on 535,000 veterans and 1.3
million doctors. Johns Hopkins also disclosed just
last week it has lost the personal data on roughly
52,000 employees and 83,000 patients.

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