Thursday, June 02, 2005

What Europe can teach us about identity theft

Liz Pulliam Weston, in MSNMoney notes that the rates of ID theft in Europe are only a fraction of what they are in the United States and offers her reasons why:

MSN Money - What Europe can teach us about identity theft
  • Security numbers are for Social Security -- period.
  • Information is kept private.
  • Credit bureaus aren't wide open.
  • Credit isn't king.

Ironically, the ad that appears next to the article is for the "Loan Center" ... "Find the loan that's right for you".

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