Criminals are able to gain this information in so many different ways such as the Internet, unlawful workers at the U.S. postal service, Credit Bureau, or Financial Company. You can also find it through the mail, trash, or even having someone breaking into your home. One of the most common ways a person's identity gets into the wrong hands is when someone's purse or wallet is stolen. However, the way the criminals obtain the information is more important than what information they actually obtain.
The most common situation happening is usually in the fast paced world of high speed Internet, battery powered cars, and $ 3 million homes surrounded by 20 acres. There are people out there who work just as hard as law-biding citizens to violate a person's write to privacy. There were even lawyers, congressmen, and senators who have been victims of this "white collar theft,"" yet it still continues to haunt hard working credit cautious citizens. How can someone protect themselves when the government is not helping to change what is going on with concerned citizens? "What happens if your social security number is stolen or illegally used by someone else? As anyone who has gone through such an ordeal can testify, it can be a nightmare that takes years to overcome."" Benjamin L. Cardin Maryland's Third Congressional District in the U. S. House of Representatives (Afro-American Co pg.1).
From 1995-1997, the Privacy Rights clearing house cited identity theft as the highest-ranking problem. Due to the increasing amount of cases being noticed, more and more advocacy groups such as the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PIRG) who provided counseling to victims, protested for bills to be passed and lobbied to place a stop to this. Still, there was nothing to help these innocent victims until congressmen and Senators started passing bills to place harsher punishments on these perpetrators. .
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