I'M SAYING THIS HAS BEEN TALKED TO DEATH! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iris Kisch" <irisak@telus.net> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Identity Theft >I have been reading through all the messages on identity theft, and finally > decided to weigh in on the issue. I agree that removal of all birth dates > can present a great hurdle to those of us who are on a constant quest for > the dearly departed. I also agree that birth dates for the living should > remain a private matter, however, once a person is deceased, it should be > made public. > > The perpetrators of identity theft will stoop to using the information > from > a deceased person to ply their particular craft, but this cannot and > should > not affect the living. Birthdates are just one source of information to > someone who specializes in identity theft, and adds to their arsenal of > information on a particular individual. Someone bent on stealing a > person's > identity will also resort to improperly discarded mail, credit card > statements, credit card offers, discarded bank statements, as well as > information that many of us post to various internet sites. > > If we are concerned about protecting our identity, we should not provide > birth dates to various web sites when we register; we should not provide > social insurance or social security numbers readily; we should watch what > information we provide to store clerks, etc. Identity theft is more than > just birth dates - we play a large part in protecting our identity from > thieves. > > As far as Ancestry.com's website changes, perhaps we should wait and see > what is going to be offered. They may decide to post birth dates of those > who have been deceased for a specified number of years, or not. We paid > for > certain information, but if that information is causing problems, lets > ensure that our access to information for the departed remains unaffected. > We should perhaps concentrate our efforts to let Ancestry.com know about > our > concerns, and at the same time applaud their efforts to protect the > privacy > of living individuals. > > Iris > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeanine Reckinger" <jreck@ecenet.com> > To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 12:20 PM > Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Identity Theft > > >> so you are saying they did not need access to the info at ancestry.com >> then >> to do this??? Of course, that is what you are saying . . . my point >> exactly!! Jeanine >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <Hcounter@aol.com> >> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 2:01 PM >> Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Identity Theft >> >> >>> >>> In a message dated 10/24/2006 12:52:56 PM Central Daylight Time, >>> jreck@ecenet.com writes: >>> >>> I saw more Identity theft from bank employees than common strangers >>> >>> >>> This happened to me in the 60s. Someone had checks with the same name >>> and a >>> number one off from mine and then wrote checks that got bounced off my >>> account. Since I had a somewhat unusual name because of the order and >>> combination >>> of my given names and a somewhat unusual Czech surname as soon as I >>> found >>> out what was going on I was looking at bank employee as far as I was >>> concerned >>> and just closed my account and opened one at the credit union for the >>> company >>> I worked for. Had no further problems. >>> >>> Annie in Minnesota >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/494 - Release Date: >> 10/24/2006 >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message