Beth Givens Quotes (30 Quotes)

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.

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,

We really dont 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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,

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.'

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.

Privacy abuse can be done invisibly.

With so many uses made of credit report these days, it's vitally important that consumers regularly check them.

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

Congress could very well wipe out some extremely strong and effective legislation that has been passed into law here in California.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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