Comments on: Does Identity Theft Increase If You Sign Petitions?

By: tom

tom — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:22:54 +0000

“State Building and Construction Trades Council of California President Bob Balgenorth said he was part of a group of people who came up with the idea for Californians Against Identity Theft”

IT’S A UNION THAT IS ONCE AGAIN LYING

By: patientsaver

patientsaver — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:47:11 +0000

I agree. You can get the same info (name plus address) from any phone book or online). To commit ID theft, you’d really need a date of birth and/or Social Security number, not things people usually put on a petition. Although a lot of people would still have this printed on personal checks. Bad idea!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:55:31 +0000

You just need to be careful and make sure that the person who is asking you to sign the petition is legit.

By: Monkey Mama

Monkey Mama — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:37:48 +0000

I heard this and thought the same thing. As a victim of identity theft, I thought, “What the heck???” I was going to look into this more and then forgot (was wondering who the heck was paying for these commercials, and why!)

The information you need to protect in case of ID theft is your birth date and your social security number. Use both sparingly.