Usually cities do it in the reverse. They install the video surveillance first and then they consider setting up policies. |
We hear from people almost daily who are having problems with their background checks. |
We really don?t have anything to compare it to. Victims are protected by federal law from having to pay fraudulent charges, so the loss is primarily of time. |
We're seeing almost as much interest and concerns in background checks as we were seeing in identity theft about a decade ago. |
With so many uses made of credit report these days, it's vitally important that consumers regularly check them. |
Yes, you'll probably get that money back once they've done the investigation, but if the investigation takes two weeks or two months, here you are without money in your checking account. |
You might have someone who calls in (to a cell phone provider) and says her name is Jane Smith and that she is on the road and has a problem and needs to have her phone records faxed to the hotel so she can fix it. Unfortunately, cell phone carriers will often do that. |
You need to become aware of all the ways you give out information. And in every single situation, you need to make sure the name stops there. |
[Congress] could very well wipe out some extremely strong and effective legislation that has been passed into law here in California. |
[The security breach at Time Warner] is just another example of why we all need to keep watching our credit reports. |