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I recently read a story about child identity theft in the California foster care system where 1 to 5 out of every 10 children face the consequences of identity theft at some of point in their lives. I can only guess that this crime which affects children’s future is not limited to just California or foster children. It makes sense that children are so highly affected by this crime because they are soft targets whose personal information is available to their criminal parents, social workers and others with access to the Social Security Administration and court systems. In addition, children and their parents are typically not concerned with the child’s credit report until they are old enough to apply for their first job or college, therefore delaying the identity theft detection process by years. There are a few ways to protect all children from identity theft including education, limiting and monitoring their access to the Internet and the extent by which they share personal information for creating online accounts to play games and use Skype. Also, their credit reports should be obtained and reviewed around the age of 16 to 18 to discover signs of identity theft, write dispute letters to creditors and easily erase their credit history by demonstrating that identity theft crime was committed when the child was a minor. Recent identity theft blog articles are listed below for your convenience. For identity theft protection education and training resources such as seminars, event speaker, or coaching, please visit Identity Diet to contact us. Until next time, be identity safe, Recent Consumer Articles Medical Insurance Fraud - There are ways that we can detect medical insurance fraud which we should strongly consider due to frequent occurrences of medical fraud cases and their consequences. Identity Theft News & Stories - Reading the latest identity theft news and learning from identity theft lessons extracted from recent news and identity theft stories are great ways to improve identity protection efforts. Recent Business Articles Office Privacy - Office privacy is a great corporate benefit which is no longer offered and if anyone wants to remain private, they should open their own business and disconnect from the Internet. Identity Theft Risk Management - Identity theft risk management efforts are usually concentrated around four general areas which are protection of personal information, compliance, fraud prevention and lawsuits. Comply with Red Flags - Many businesses and organizations fall within the definition of the federal identity theft prevention law who must comply with Red Flags Rule. Are you a covered entity? |