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Child ID theft forum to be held

Carnegie Mellon researchers scanned more than 40,000 children’s identity records in April 2011 as part of a study on identity theft, and found that 10 percent of them had Social Security numbers that had been used by at least one other person.
This has prompted the government to step up its efforts to educate parents on [...]

Visit LifeLock.com: Get child ID theft protection for only $2.25

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum issued a warning to parents last week about the importance of guarding children’s identities.
“I believe this crime happens far more frequently than is reported, and parents need to take steps to ensure their child is protected,” said Attorney General McCollum. An estimated 500,000 children become identity theft victims every year.
Children [...]

LifeLock child ID theft protection costs less than a latte

Raising kids is hard. You do all you can to protect them and ensure their futures are bright: vaccinations, the best schools you can afford, sacrificing sleep to monitor their temperatures when they’re sick. And new threats and worries emerge as they grow and the world changes.
One of those new threats is child identity theft, [...]