Identity Theft Resources

• Identity Theft Fact Sheets

• Other PRC Identity Theft Publications

• Identity Theft Quizzes

• Victims' Stories and Hotline Cases

• Other Identity Theft Sites and Publications

• Fact Sheet 17: Coping with Identity Theft: Reducing Your Risk of Fraud
   
• Fact Sheet 17(a): Identity Theft: What to Do When it Happens to You -- A Guide for Victims

• Fact Sheet 17(b): How to Deal with a Security Breach
  
  
• Fact Sheet 17(c): Security Breaches: Frequently Asked Questions
  
  
• Fact Sheet 17(d): Identity Theft: Frequently Asked Questions
   
• Fact Sheet 17(g): Criminal Identity Theft
   
• Fact Sheet 6(a): FACTA, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act:
  Consumers Win Some, Lose Some (Includes FACTA updates to the FCRA that apply to identity theft)
   
• Fact Sheet 27: Debt Collection Practices: When Hardball Tactics Go Too Far
   
• Fact Sheet 33: Straight Talk about Identity Theft Monitoring Services
   
• Fact Sheets from the Identity Theft Resource Center
  The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse works closely with the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). Its web site, www.idtheftcenter.org, offers numerous resources for victims of identity theft as well as those who are working to prevent the crime.

Other PRC Identity Theft Publications, Speeches, and Testimony     

Identity Theft Quizzes

• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Quiz: Identity Theft IQ Test
   
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Quiz: Identity Theft IQ Test -- Interactive Version
   
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Quiz: Workplace Identity Theft IQ Test

• OnGuard-Online Identity Theft Quiz
   
• MailFrontier's Phishing IQ Test

• Better Business Bureau Identity Theft Quiz (also available in Spanish)

• Looks Too Good to be True (Fraud Risk Tests)

Other PRC Publications

• How Many Identity Theft Victims Are There? What is the Impact? Summary of Survey Findings -- Updated June 2007

• Comments Regarding Federal Trade Commission Proposal to Continue to Conduct Surveys of the Public on Identity Theft -- December 2005

• Alert: Popular Online Investing Attracts Identity Thieves and Phishing Scams -- November 2005

• A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident -- Updated January 2006

• Prevent Identity Theft with Responsible Information-Handling Practices in the Workplace -- Updated January 2006

• Alert: The FTC's Document Disposal Rule: Does it Apply to You? -- June 2003
  
  
• Privacy Groups Urge the Federal Reserve Board to Protect Consumers from Identity Theft and Stolen Convenience Checks -- March 2005
  
  
• Criminal Identity Theft in California -- Presentation at CA's Identity Theft Summit -- March 2005
  
  
• Alert: Phishing Emails Can Lead to Domain Registration for Scam Web Sites -- November 2004
  
  
• Document Disposal Rules (FACTA): Comments to FDIC -- July 2004
  
  
• Document Disposal Rules (FACTA): Comments to NCUA -- July 2004
  
  
• Document Disposal Rules (FACTA): Comments to FTC -- June 2004
  
  
• The Saga of Shredding in the U.S.: Presentation at the National Association for Information Destruction Conference -- May 2004
  
  
• Prevent Identity Theft with Responsible Information-Handling Practices in the Workplace -- March 2004
  
  
• Prevent Identity Theft with Responsible Information-Handling Practices in the Workplace -- Testimony to San Diego County Supervisors -- December 2003
  
  
• Comments to Federal Agencies regarding Security Breach Notification by Financial Companies -- October 2003
  
  
• California Identity Theft Laws -- August 2003
  
  
• Alert: Watch Out for "Phishing" Emails Attempting to Capture Your Personal Information -- July 2003
  
  
• Identity Theft: How It Happens, Its Impact on Victims, & Legislative Solutions (U.S. Senate Testimony) -- July 2000
  
  
• Identity Theft: The Growing Problem of Wrongful Criminal Records -- June 2000
   
• "Nowhere to Turn: Victims Speak Out on Identity Theft," report by CALPIRG & PRC -- May 2000
   
• Preventing Identity Theft: Industry Practices Are the Key - National Summit on Identity Theft -- March 2000

Victims' Stories and Hotline Cases    

• Identity Theft Victims' Stories
   
• Cases 2004-2005
  
  
• Cases 2003-2004
  
  
• Cases 1996-1997
   
• Cases 1995-1996
   
• Cases 1994-1995

Other Identity Theft Sites and Publications     

• AARP, Preventing Identity Theft Seminar- www.aarp.org/learntech/personal_finance/identity_theft_intro.html
  
  
• California Identity Theft Summit, April 11, 2007
  www.idtheftsummit.ca.gov/
  
  
• California Senate Office of Research -- Consumer Privacy and Identity Theft: A Summary of Key Statutes and Guide for Lawmakers (3rd edition), by Saskia Kim (January 2008)
  Click here for publication
  
  
• CALPIRG -- http://calpirg.org/CA.asp?id2=9025&id3=CA&id4=CAFS&
  
  
• CU/PIRG State Model Id Theft Law -
  www.consumersunion.org/pub/core_financial_services/001732.html
  www.uspirg.org/consumer/archives/PIRGCUCleanActnov05.pdf
  
  
• Center for Identity Management Information Protection, "Identity Fraud Trends and Patterns" --
  www.utica.edu/academic/institutes/ecii/publications/media/cimip_id_theft_study_oct_22_noon.pdf

• Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internet Fraud Complaint Center - www.ic3.gov
  
  
• Federal Trade Commission Identity Theft Information - www.consumer.gov/idtheft/
  
  
• Georgia Stop Identity Theft Site - www.stopidentitytheft.org
  
  
• ID Theft Awareness ("The real" Danny Lents, victim & activist) - www.idtheftawareness.com/
  
  
• Identity Theft, Univ. of Michigan site - http://identityweb.umich.edu
  

• Law Library Exchange Identity - Identity Theft Resource Guide -
  www.llrx.com/features/idtheft.htm
  

• Medical Identity Theft, World Privacy Forum -
  www.worldprivacyforum.org/medicalidentitytheft.html
  
  
• Michigan State Univ. Identity Theft University-Business Partnership - www.cj.msu.edu/~outreach/identity
  
  
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service- www.ncjrs.org/spotlight/identity_theft/summary.html

• SEC's Identity Theft Guide for Online Brokerage Account Users - www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/onlinebrokerage.htm
  
  
• UK Identity Theft Site - www.identity-theft.org.uk
  
  
• U.S.PIRG -- www.pirg.org/consumer/credit/
  
  
• U.S. Dept. of Education, Assists with Fed. Student Loan Fraud - www.ed.gov/misused
  
  
• U.S. Dept. of Justice - www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/idtheft.html
  
• Washington Post identity theft page - www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/technology/interactives/identitytheft/idtheft.html