12.05.2010 INVESTIGATION: Are businesses endangering your identity?
TAMPA, FL - For years, we've been urged to take precautions against identity theft. The theft of birth dates, social security numbers, and other personal information can be used by criminals to rob us blind.
But an ABC Action News investigation has uncovered a lot of people and a lot of businesses that have not gotten the message.

22.03.2010 20 Banking Breaches So Far in 2010
There have been 171 reported  data breaches so far in 2010, and 20 of these involve financial services  companies.

22.03.2010 USA. RS security faults leave taxpayer information at risk. GAO says Internal Revenue Service will struggle to keep private information secure
In this the heavy tax season where billions of dollars and tons of personal information is relayed to and from the government,  it's more disconcerting to hear that the Internal Revenue Service is still struggling to keep private information secure.

09.03.2010 Medical identity theft strikes 5.8% of American adults
IDG News Service: Identity thieves are not only interested in tapping financial resources, but also after your medical identification data and services.

15.02.2010 Credit card data security: Who's responsible?
About a year ago security at Heartland Payment Systems Inc. was breached and information affecting more than 100 million credit cards stolen. Was it Heartland's fault, or should the credit card companies shoulder more of the responsibility?

05.02.2010 Incidents of identity theft up by 32pc
The recession has led to a surge in financial fraud with identity theft up by almost a third, latest industry figures have revealed.

28.01.2010 Data breach costs top $200 per customer record
The cost of a data breach rose last year to $204 per customer record, according to the Ponemon Institute. The average total cost of a data breach rose from $6.65 million in 2008 to $6.75 million in 2009.

11.11.2009 Data breaches on the increase
PRIVACY: Sixty-five incidents were reported in 2008, leaving personal information exposed for all to see

15.10.2009 Number of identity-fraud victims in Ireland hits 90,000
More than 3,000 new cases of identity fraud have been identified since this time last year, bringing the total number of victims in Ireland to 90,000.

15.10.2009 Firms 'mishandle sensitive data'
About a third of UK employees throw sensitive documents in the bin instead of shredding them, research suggests.

26.03.2009 Global Study of Information Leaks in 2008
The InfoWatch Analytical Center has summarized last year’s results, and is presenting the next in a series of global studies of internal informational security incidents. The purpose of this project is to analyze all confidential information leaks (including those containing personal data), which have been reported in the mass media over the past year.