Show of hands

Dress rehearsals usually mean sweaty palms, bright lights and one last chance to make sure the actors know their lines.

And it’s no different for the Census Bureau, which this month began dress rehearsals for its big show: the 2010 census.   Read more…

Tax season brings rise in ID theft cases

The victim of identity theft at age 19, Zamora – who is married with a 3-year-old daughter – is just waking up from the nightmare.  Read more…

New Targets For ID Theft: Your Children

(CBS) It might seem as if children and teens are unlikely victims of identity theft, but the Federal Trade Commission has estimated that about 400,000 children have their identity stolen each year.   Read more…

Allard gets identity theft provision into Immigration bill

 U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) announced today that an important provision he had originally introduced earlier this year to help curb identity theft has been included in The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (S.1348).  Read more…

Overhaul of border security takes a step forward

The Home Secretary’s drive to strengthen Britain’s border controls took another step forward today with the opening of IRIS at Gatwick South.  Read more…

Biometrics rollout complete for UK airports

Iris-based biometric technology has been rolled out to the last airport in the UK government’s program to tighten immigration security.  Read more..

Biometric sensor makes the Web safer for children

The statistics are enough to alarm any parent.

According to a recent survey, one in five children online have been approached by a pedophile and received unwanted sexual solicitations.  Read more..

Access card heads back to Senate

DRAFT laws establishing a controversial billion-dollar health and welfare access card will be reintroduced to federal parliament next month.  Read more…

Police warn of identity theft after ATM scam indictments

In light of two men being indicted for identity theft in relation to criminal activity in Monroeville, local police say residents should do all they can to prevent being victimized by such crimes.  Read more…

Biometric visas largely unused at border

The face- and fingerprint-matching technology that has been touted over the past decade as a sophisticated new way to stop terrorists and illegal immigrants from entering the country through Mexico has one major drawback: U.S. border inspectors almost never use it.   Read more…