From: lyger (lygerattrition.org)
Date: Thu Jan 15 2009 - 11:56:18 CST

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From: Linda Foley <lfoleyidtheftcenter.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:26:45 -0800

The ITRC's policy is that the information has to come from a PUBLISHED
public source such as a newspaper, TV or radio report or a notification
letter on a publicly accessible website. There are more breaches, as has
been shown by FOI Act requests that the press doesn't know about. We had
to make a decision that as a nonprofit we would only including breaches
with potential risk to SSNs, financial accounts, medical records and
that the information had to be usable by a thief so that a breach that
only exposed part of a credit card number would not be enough for a
thief to use. The intention of our list is to study trends and to see
what changes in causal factors emerge each year. We appreciate all the
work that other groups do on breach lists so that the public can get a
good overall picture and encourage all of your efforts.

Linda Foley
Founder, Chairman -Identity Theft Resource Center (r)

858-693-7935, ext 101, (9am-4:30pm PT)www.idtheftcenter.org
<http://www.idtheftcenter.org/> , Email: lfoleyidtheftcenter.org
<mailto:lfoleyidtheftcenter.org>

" Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the
world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead.

ITRC is a nonprofit organization that specializes in identity theft. The
information above is based on ITRC's research and experience with the
crime of identity theft and is not intended as legal advice.
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