Identity Theft

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Fraud, Phishing and Financial Misdeeds has this blog posting about the relationship between publically available records and identity theft.

The Utica Observer-Dispatch in New York has this story with varying opinions from readers on Drawing a line between private, public online records. August 17, 2007

Courts tighten access to records in Colorado. The most telling quote from this article is:

"Carol Haller, counsel for the Colorado Judicial Department, agreed that the directive will likely slow down public access. However, she couldn’t cite a single example of identity theft coming from court records."

A man in Illinois blames his identity theft on a county website.

Some genealogists chime in on the question.

Today's editorial: A tool against ID theft from OC Register.

Insecurity in numbers from the SFGate website on October 4, 2007.

December 25, 2007: Uffer's demagoguery on county pay. "I have never heard of a credible case where identity theft was the result of something that came out of public records."

January 7, 2008: Effort to restrict voter data draws fire

January 20, 2008: Public records, possible scams

March 21, 2008: ID theft rare in records

September 3, 2008: Recorders' Web site lists Iowans' private ID data

September 4, 2008: Planned sale of Iowans' records intensifies privacy concerns

September 4, 2008: Records culled over ID theft fears