Credit Reporting Agencies (a/k/a Credit Bureaus):
- Equifax
- Experian
- Innovis
- TransUnion
- Collection Agency Services (provides a free database of regional credit reporting agencies nationwide in the USA, searchable by state)
Credit Monitoring Services:
- 5 Ways to Monitor Your Credit Reports
- Annual Credit Report (the official site for free reports)
- Business CreditSecure (American Express: small businesses)
- Citi Credit Monitoring Service (CitiBank)
- Citi Credit Monitoring Services (CitiGroup)
- Citi Identity Monitor
- Consumer Info (Experian)
- Consumer Reports: Costly Credit-monitoring Services Offer Limited Fraud Protection
- Consumer Reports: LifeLock
- Credit Monitoring Services Comparison (FightIdentityTheft.com)
- Credit Watch Gold (Equifax)
- Credit Watch Gold With 3-in-1 Monitoring (Equifax)
- CreditSecure (American Express)
- CreditWatch (SunTrust Banks and Equifax)
- Debix
- Family Secure (Experian)
- Farmers Identity Theft Shield
- Free Credit Report (Experian)
- ID Protection (Chase)
- ID Theft Inspect (WaMu)
- Identity Guard (Intersections)
- Identity Theft Protection (Discover Card)
- Identity Theft Protection (Wells Fargo)
- Identity Theft Services (WaMu)
- Identity Theft Shield (Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.)
- IdentityMonitor (CitiBank)
- LifeLock
- Premier Privacy Assist (Bank of America)
- Triple Alert (Experian)
- TrueCredit.com (TransUnion)
- Zander Insurance
Federal U.S. Government Resources:
- 2006 FTC Report: Consumer Fraud & Identity theft Data (PDF)
- A Primer to FISA (Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978)
- DHS: Homeland Security Digital Library
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (PDF)
- FDA: Federal Trade Commission Act
- Fighting Fraud With The Red Flag Rules: a How-To Guide For Businesses (FTC)
- Find a Credit Union (National Credit Union Administration)
- FTC: 2003 Identity Theft Survey
- FTC: Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaint Data For January - December 2007 (PDF)
- FTC: Consumer Sentinel Customer Complaint Database
- FTC: Fair Credit Reporting Act
- FTC: File an ID-Theft or ID-Fraud Complaint or Incident
- President’s ID Theft Task Force: Comprehensive Strategic Plan (press release)
- Real ID Act of 2005
- Report Identity Theft To The U.S. Federal Trade Commission
- Social Security: My Statement
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of Justice: Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
- U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Insurance Resources:
- Report Insurance Fraud Online (NAIC)
- Browse Or File Complaints Against Insurance Companies (NAIC)
- ChoiceTrust C.L.U.E. Reports (ChoicePoint)
- Tips On Selecting The Best Homeowners And Renters Insurance (AARP)
- State Insurance Web Sites (NAIC)
California Resources:
- California 'Shine The Light' Law (Civil Code 1798.83)
- California Identity theft Summit
- California Office of Information Security & Privacy Protection
- California Senate Bill 1386 (Effective July 2003)
Massachusetts Resources:
- General Laws of Massachusetts
- House Bill 328 (Draft - PDF)
- Identity Theft Lawyers
- Law Updates (All topics)
- Laws About Identity Theft (Mass. Trial Court Law libraries)
- Massachusetts ACLU Blog
- MASSPIRG
- Privacy Rights (ACLU of Massachusetts)
- Senate Bill 161 (Draft)
- Senate Bill 163 (Draft)
- St.2007, c.82: Security Freezes and Notification of Data Breaches
Medical Resources:
- Center on Medical Records Rights & Privacy (Georgetown University)
- Domestic and Offshore Outsourcing of Personal Information in Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare (U.S. GAO)
- Medical Identity Theft (report from the World Privacy Forum -- PDF)
- Medical Records Privacy (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse)
- MIB Group, Inc. (formerly known as the Medical Information Bureau)
- Microsoft: Electronic Medical Records Solutions
- Request Your MIB Consumer File
Outsourcing Resources:
- Offshore Outsourcing of Data Services by Insured Institutions and Associated Consumer Privacy Risks
- Offshore Outsourcing to India by U.S. and E.U. Companies: Legal and Cross-Cultural Issues that Affect Data Privacy Regulation in Business Process Outsourcing (Univ. of California at Davis, Law School)
- Politics and Economics of Offshore Outsourcing
General Resources:
- A Chronology of Data Breaches
- AARP Public Policy Institute
- Alliance @ IBM
- Anti-Phishing Working Group
- Armadillo Dollar (protection against RFID skimming)
- Behavioral Targeting (Specific Media)
- Better Business Bureau (USA)
- Better Business Bureau Online: ID Theft
- Consumer Action
- Consumer Complaints Board
- Consumer Reports (Article on credit monitoring services)
- Consumer Survey Of The Most Trusted Companies
- Cyveillance
- Discover Card
- IBM Data Breach Site
- Identity Theft 911
- Identity Theft Assistance Center
- Identity Theft at About.com
- Identity Theft Resource Center
- Identity Theft Victims Guide
- Interactive map of ID-theft and data breach notification laws by state (CSO Online)
- Internet Crime Complaint Center
- Losttapes.org
- MasterCard
- Merchant Risk Council
- National Fraud Information Center and Internet Fraud Watch Programs
- OnGuard Online
- Ponemon Institute
- Privacy International
- Reducing the Risk of Fraud
- RFID: 1984
- Security Freeze Laws By State
- Shop Online Safely With Temporary Credit Cards
- Shred Station
- The State of Maine - Annual Report from the Superintendent of the Bureau of Financial Institutions to the Legislature
- TRUSTe
- Visa USA
- What Happened In Vegas (background on Life Lock)
Legal Resources:
- See the list of attorneys at My Fair Credit
- National Association of Consumer Advocates
ID Theft & Privacy Blogs:
- A review of TJX's Annual Report by Securitas Operandi
- A.C.L.U.
- Breach Alerts (TrustedID)
- Breach Blog
- Credit Bloggers (Credit.com)
- Credit Lock
- Data Breach Blog (SC Magazine)
- Dr. Identity
- eLegal (Canada)
- Ephemeral Law
- Identity Blog (Microsoft)
- Identity Theft And Business
- No Deep Packet Inspection
- PCI DSS Compliance Blog
- Digital Soapbox - Preaching Security to the Digital Masses
- Privacy And Security Law Blog
- Privacy Cop
- Privacy Digest
- Secrecy News (Blog)
- Security Bytes
- Surveillance State
- TrustedID
- Truston
Reputation Services:
Blogs By Former IBMers:
- AXLE: Association of Ex-Lotus Employees
- Bob Congdon
- Damien Katz
- Developing Storm
- Gary Devendorf
- IBM Blogging Policy and Guidelines
- IBM Blogging Policy and Guidelines (PDF)
- IBM Retirees - Information Exchange
- IT In-depth
- My Left Wing
- Ned Batchelder
- Patrick Web
- Peter O'Kelly
- Sanjiva Weerawarana
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