Reader comments
Identity-theft facts
1 comment | Read story
Add your comment
Comments are monitored. Any comments found to be abusive, offensive, off-topic, misrepresentative, more than 200 words or containing URLs will not be posted.
E-mail address: For internal use only. We may want to contact you to publish your comment (not your e-mail address) in the newspaper or for a separate story idea.
- 'Angels' still need adopting 5:07 p.m.
- Admin. fights giving Alta 2 acres 5:02 p.m.
- Blog: Hectic holidays 4:50 p.m.
- Former supremecist to be released 4:21 p.m.
- W. Va. family history updated 4:18 p.m.
- Deal reached on depleted uranium 4:10 p.m.
- Gun advocates question initiative 4:01 p.m.
- Taser suit partially dismissed 4:00 p.m.
- Deseret News' DVD gift guide 3:26 p.m.
- Susan Powell's family saddened 3:10 p.m.
- Susan Powell's family saddened
- Susan Powell notebook seized
- Conan mocks Orrin Hatch, Mormons
- Here are Max Hall's Top 10 wins
- It's official; Heaps signs with BYU
- Genetic testing, ethical dilemmas
- David Archuleta's different mission
- Frances Monson recovering well
- Watching over the Sacred Grove
- Jazz open road trip with victory
- Conan mocks Orrin Hatch, Mormons
142 - Here are Max Hall's Top 10 wins
132 - Letters: 'Liberal conceit'
132 - Jazz stunned by Timberwolves
114 - Stay the course with our president
114 - TV mom gives birth to 19th child
113 - Susan Powell notebook seized
112 - Josh Powell meets with WVC police
109 - It's official; Heaps signs with BYU
108 - Letters: Explaining Palin
102
These days, more than half of adults actually want gift cards, those...
If you solely (re)lie upon a trailer, you're a bigger fool.
What are the Republicans afraid of? When they get power back, they'll just...
Just like Wynn did the entire game against BYU. Wynn can expect 3 more years...
i love zach coffman!!
Tiger is a wonderful golfer and as good as anyone that has hit the ball,...
what happened to a missing person's search? why wasn't some sort of amber...
People are so stupid. People who bash Max Hall don't know anything....
Jason, Jason, Jason, are you the antichrist yourself? this is what is wrong...
Well, don't forget that Fesenko also covered Josh Boone last night while he...
Let me tell you something about questioning young children. Their memories...



Identity theft is a growing problem that is evidenced by weekly news about large databases which have been hacked.
Recently Monster.com lost over 1 million records and Ameritrade.com lost over 6 million records including social security numbers.
America needs to take action. Shredding your personal documents and having a locking mailbox is not enough. The social security number should not be used for anything beyond tax purposes and the credit bureaus need to tighten up their business either on their own or through government regulation.