President's Identity Theft Task Force Strategic Plan

First, there's a new comprehensive website for Identity Theft information:  http://www.idtheft.gov/

Second, the President's Identity Theft Task Force has released its Strategic Plan for Combating Identity Theft.  This report includes excellent background information about the scope of the Identity Theft problem.  The report also proposed concrete steps to address the problem, including:

1.  Decreasing the unnecessary use of social security numbers;

2.  Safeguarding information in the public sector and responding to information breaches;

3.  Implementing data security rules for the private sector and responding to information breaches;

4.  Educating consumers on protecting personal information;

5.  Making it harder to misuse consumer data;

6.  Helping victims of identity theft repair their lives;

7.  Prosecuting and punishing identity thieves; and

8.  Looking at the way forward.

(ag) May 4, 2007, in Identity Theft