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   The Solution

   

   Bob, Jun 28th, 2005 @ 9:56am

   
   

   The battle against identity theft hasn't even begun, as no one really knows where to start. There's no U.S. law that allows you to either copyright or trademark your identity, nor treat it as anything but simple information in a computer file. This is where it must begin.
   
   It's ironic but here is a case where extending all those draconian copyright laws to include your identity as a protected work could actually help you. Or something new similar to this.
   
   Once such a law would pass, then the public would finally have recourse to sue the 'information brokers' for damages for abuse of their identity or profile.
   
   It's only then that things will begin to change. Otherwise, they will stay as they are.

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   Re: The Solution

   

   Ivan Sick, Jun 28th, 2005 @ 11:29am

   
   

   Won't work. Every 'broker' (like your bank) will include in its 700-line contract, that you must sign upon using their services, a clause stating that you allow them to do whatever they want with your info. This will be basically the same as the note in the "privacy policy" (that you get when you sign up for phone service [or most other things these days]) that says your information will only be used for business purposes. "Business purposes" /should/ mean record keeping within the company, but really includes sale of data--they make money selling your name, address and SSN, it's "business".

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   Re: The Solution = CLASS ACTION SUIT

   

   Lawyer Joe, Jun 29th, 2005 @ 8:02am

   
   

   
   
   CLASS ACTION SUIT ANYONE ?
   
   Where the hell are the ambulance chasers ?

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   Sounds like politics doesn't it

   

   secret squirrel, Jun 30th, 2005 @ 11:21am

   
   

   What else can you say about this. Just remember to practice what is your only defence. Garbage in, Garbage out. Give anyone as little information as possible, and in any legal fashion, make the rest just wrong. That is your only way to address compilers of your data.

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   serious problem

   

   consumer theft, Mar 18th, 2006 @ 10:42am

   
   

   Politics gave him the bonus. As for the id theft protection service, when life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. I think it was smart thinking on their part.

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