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Over the past three years, the number of consumers, Colorado have filed identity theft complaints with the Federal Trade Commission has increased by over 65 per cent.
Well, the legislature is considering laws in Colorado, give consumers the right to a freeze on security in credit reports of their database.
The question is particularly relevant given the recent announcement of Choice Point, a resident of Atlanta, that compile information from databases billions of documents by millions of Americans in the criminal records and other public documents . More than 4500 people of Colorado, a violation of safety rules, which Choice Point.
The Choice Point, the files have been compromised that contain sensitive information such as Social Security numbers adapted to the names and addresses, Colorado Public Interest Research Group.
The group offers the interest of several proposals to prevent identity theft:
can be victims of a fraud notification of credit on their data. If consumers think they can also be victims of fraud, they may be a fraud alert on their credit files, creditors require additional measures to verify the identity of a candidate before the issuance of credits. Consumers may be a first call for fraud on their files by the call to one of three major intelligence agencies and the other two offices. If consumers want to extend this warning message over 90 days, it must be a file identity theft report federal, provincial or local police authorities and all other documents of the intelligence agencies reasonably necessary to check the validity of fraud.
No Victims may be free additional copies of your credit report. Consumers first place, securities fraud in their credit files receive a free copy of the report of three major intelligence agencies. With a tender enlarged, consumers are entitled to two reports over the next 12 months.
can block defrauded credit information in their files. Victims of identity theft can block the reports of all information in their credit reports is the result of identity theft. To exercise this right, victims must file identity theft and reports with Credit Bureau proof of identity. The Credit Bureau may refuse or cancel a consumer’s application for a block, if not to know the necessary documents.
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