| Gartner Research, a US based research
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| | have responsibility to limit access to
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| company estimated that 57 million
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| | your information? If so how do they
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| Americans had received spurious e-mail
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| | execute that responsibility?Where are the
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| from hackers or cyber-thieves
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| | safeguards? What eventually happens when
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| impersonating legitimate services.They
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| | I send a copy of my bank statement to
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| further estimate that nearly 11 million
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| | someone I don't know in Malaysia and that
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| have clicked on the link in a phishing
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| | company disappears a few months later?
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| attack email and 3 percent of those
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| | Speaking from personal experience, this
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| attacked remember giving personal
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| | happened to me with the demise of a
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| information to the thieves.We are
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| | popular investment program. I wonder who
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| continually warned by banks, PayPal and
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| | now has that information. I have no way
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| others to avoid responding to these
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| | of knowing if it has been destroyed or
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| authentic looking 'lures', but how do we
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| | sold on to those constructing fake ID's.
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| prevent ourselves from swallowing the
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| | There were thousands of members who each
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| bait? And even when we know a site is
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| | gave names addresses, bank account
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| genuine, can we trust the operators with
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| | details, passport and licence details.
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| our details?From Gartner's figures and
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| | Why were we required to give them this
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| one's personal experience it is obvious
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| | level of information and proof of ID?
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| that such attempts at identity theft are
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| | The reason: Because they were trying to
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| undermining the confidence we place in
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| | prevent theft and fraud by unscrupulous
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| our everyday email and internet
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| | types. We never heard anymore from the
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| transactions.This has led to greater
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| | company about our lost funds - no
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| pressure on services to provide improved
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| | refunds, no apologies and no assurance
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| security and more involved processes for
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| | about the fate of our records!A cynic
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| users to authenticate themselves.Banks
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| | might even be forgiven for thinking that
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| and financial services suffer direct
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| | some of the gold exchanges which seem to
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| losses from ID theft that cost US banks
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| | come and go with alarming rapidity, could
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| and card issuers about $1.2 billion last
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| | be nothing more than elaborate fronts for
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| year, according to Gartner. We might add
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| | the collection of consumer ID's that
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| that these losses have to be met in the
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| | could be on-sold who knows where.If I
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| long run by consumers through fees and
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| | decide to join similar programs in the
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| charges.Large organizations have the
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| | future and decide to give them false ID
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| resources to devise and implement
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| | as a form of protection, I have to join
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| sophisticated security measures to
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| | the shadowy world of secret offshore
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| protect the ID of their customers. Where
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| | accounts complex and costly money
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| does that leave the 'small' operators,
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| | transacting. I then leave myself open to
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| such as the gold exchangers, merchant
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| | the likelihood of increased scrutiny from
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| account operators, online auctions,
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| | authorities. I do not believe this is an
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| etc?Even where sophisticated systems are
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| | option for the average person with
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| in place, we may still be vulnerable.
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| | limited funds.In their response to
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| Banks constantly warn about replying to
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| | organised crime and potential terrorist
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| hoax emails asking you to verify your
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| | funding, governments restrict the easy
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| details or opening virtual
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| | transfer of cash from one place to
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| postcards.Harder to spot are emails that
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| | another.Understandably, in order to
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| may contain worms or Trojan viruses that
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| | comply with regulations covering the
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| can place spyware on your PC which may
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| | tracking of the movement of money abroad,
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| transmit information or give control to a
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| | money exchanges need to be able to
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| remote user. Keystroke loggers, for
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| | identify users and exclude unscrupulous
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| example can record and send your
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| | money launderers as far as possible, but
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| passwords and logins to an invisible
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| | without improved internal security
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| thief.Keeping up to date with firewalls
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| | measures how can the average user feel
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| and virus protection programs that YOU
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| | safe? The recent demise of such
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| install, is obviously an essential step
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| | providers as Intgold and Stormpay does
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| that we can all take to improve our
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| | nothing to reassure us.Just to be clear,
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| security.Technology notwithstanding, the
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| | In general I have no problem with paying
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| ultimate security lies with human
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| | online. What should concern us is the
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| actions.Already we have seen a number of
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| | (lack of) security of our data once it
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| online e-money exchanges develop new
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| | has been given to a merchant. How well
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| procedures whereby we have to send them
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| | do they store your data? Do they
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| ID documentation often including photo
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| | restrict who sees it or copies it? Even
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| ID, before we can use their services.
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| | the credit card companies outsource, so
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| Even the act of emailing scanned
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| | how can it be secure?When one considers
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| documents is not 100% secure. If hackers
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| | the sheer volume of material transmitted
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| can access email accounts and intercept
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| | every day, the probability of several
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| such transmissions then ID theft can
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| | bytes of your information falling into
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| occur without either the sender or
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| | the wrong hands must be considered
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| receiver being able to prevent it.This in
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| | extremely small.If sensible precautions
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| itself raises further concerns.In an
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| | are taken at your end and you only deal
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| attempt to make payments to local and
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| | with people you trust and use large
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| international merchants, a customer can
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| | well-established intermediaries to make
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| be putting himself at risk by passing on
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| | your payments so you bring a level of
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| sensitive bank and personal ID
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| | protection between you as customer and
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| information to companies who may or may
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| | the seller, you should be able to feel
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| not have suitable safeguards in place to
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| | comfortable in your transactions. But
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| protect that information.Can you be
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| | you need to beware of how much
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| certain what happens to that information
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| | information you give strangers - just
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| you have given to numerous online
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| | because they ask you for it!Do you give
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| companies?Yes the online webpage is
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| | up driving because people are injured or
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| 'encrypted' and you feel it is 'secure',
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| | killed daily in car accidents? No you
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| but who has access to that
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| | maintain your vehicle, obey the road
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| information?Can that MLM company or money
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| | rules and keep your wits about you!
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| exchanger keep your ID secure? Do they
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