Beth Givens Quotations

The person on the other end of the line is likely to have very sensitive information -- your account number, your Social Security number, the types of accounts you have (and) the way you use your accounts.

Usually cities do it in the reverse. They install the video surveillance first and then they consider setting up policies.

We're seeing almost as much interest and concerns in background checks as we were seeing in identity theft about a decade ago.

Some criminals have learned that impersonating the deceased is a successful way to commit identity theft.

If they answer yes, then ask, 'How are you making sure that my information is being protected?' If you don't like the answer, take your business to another financial institution.

(If) it's now going to be OK for children to be GPS-tracked, when is it going to be OK society wide?

If the credit industry were doing a better job protecting you, we wouldn't need such products.

I think a socially responsible response would be to list the names of the companies affected.

I think it's probably going to be as big of an issue as say, identity theft.

I think it's probably going to be as big of an issue as identity theft has been for the past decade. We hear from people almost daily who are having problems with their background checks.

Sure, if you want your credit to be absolutely convenient, you would not select a credit freeze. But if you are a victim of identity theft, you would be happy to have that available to you. Ultimately, it is the only thing that will really stop identity theft.

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.

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.

Ultimately, you cannot prevent identity theft from happening to you, ... You can only reduce your chances.

This type of data should not have been on someone's laptop.

There's not anything being done here that a consumer can't do themselves, ... We encourage consumers to check their credit reports themselves.

A privacy policy is more than an empty promise. Companies must be held to their word.

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.

They may not really know who is working for them. There could be a higher risk for fraud.

The requirement that military personnel use the Social Security number for practically everything is nothing short of criminal, ... I got an e-mail from one military member who said he was required to stencil his name and Social Security number on his duffel bag. It's really outrageous.

They're going to grow up with (a) picture of somebody watching them. Are they going to grow up less of a risk-taker? Not speak freely?

The most common complaint of identity theft victims is they have to take time off work, ... I can't tell you how many people have called and said, 'I had to take a week off work.'

The more tracking that's done even within the family, the more we'll all be getting accustomed to tracking, and ... it will become more and more acceptable.

It's a well-reasoned decision, and it does minimize privacy and civil liberties implications.

It's the Social Security numbers that give fraudsters the ability to impersonate that person.

It just points out how pervasive these security breaches are.

Consumers need to know how affected they really are.

That individual could post inflammatory things about you after you've broken up.

It's certainly going to cause the industry to sit up and take notice.

It's creepy. People realize in their gut that if we require implanted chips, we've become the kind of society where people can be tracked by their government.

They are usually off the hook financially. But what they are going to have to endure is far worse than having to pay the impostor's bills.

They are usually off the hook financially, ... But what they are going to have to endure is far worse than having to pay the impostor's bills.

These online information brokers are really on the hot seat. There's a lot of interest in what they are doing.

Once it happens, you can never be certain that it won't happen again. You can never let your guard down.

If you engage in a business transaction with the bank you should have the expectation that the information will only be used to serve you and not help banks make money from marketing.

If you're a busy person and you don't want to put the burden on yourself to call every three months and you have the money, these services could be a convenience and a comfort,

If you've got your house, got your car, got your two credit cards and you know there's no other credit that you'll be getting in the near future and you're very, very, very concerned about identity theft, take advantage of the fraud alert,

If you've got some time, you should be able to control your own junk mail, ... don't charge a lot of money, so if you are very busy, it might be worth it to you.

If you've given them your credit-card number and/or bank-account number, you should watch those accounts very carefully.

But it's creepy for a family to be under the watchful eye of a neighbor.

The FTC is reporting on the complaints that they've received, and it could be that more people know to report to the FTC when something bad happens to them.