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by Doug Pollack

Our ID Experts blog is moving to a new home. Please check out the latest in identity theft and data breach news, advice and other happenings at our new address www.blog.idexperts.corp.com.

We are also sponsoring a new, informational data breach news site providing articles and news events specifically focused on data breaches. Please visit often or subscribe to this site at www.databreachwatch.org.

Both sites will continue to provide you with current and helpful information in the areas of identity theft and data breaches.

ID Experts Launches New Data Breach Services

by Doug Pollack

Tomorrow at the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) conference in Washington, D.C., we will announce our new ID Experts Data Breach Services.

Developed to resolve the growing consumer dissatisfaction with current breach notification and response methods, these services include breach assessment, notification and communications, monitoring and identity theft recovery components. Tailored to meet the individual needs of the private sector and government agencies, ID Experts is delivering a comprehensive approach to responding to data breach events that alleviates legal liability, manages public perception, and protects and restores individuals’ identities from identity theft.


We have also released a preview of the results from a study that we recently commissioned with the Ponemon Institute, the leading privacy and information management research firm, to be released in April 2008 . The study delves into how consumer victims of corporate breach events are terminating their business relationships because of a lack of responsiveness.

“Our research shows that consumers are growing increasingly dissatisfied with the way they are being treated following a data breach,” said Dr. Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder, Ponemon Institute. “The manner in which breach notification communications are often conducted fails to appropriately convey what the consumer needs to make an informed decision about protecting their personal information and, as such, does not succeed in being the first step in helping to repair a breakdown in trust.”

You can download a pre-release copy of this Ponemon report at our website at www.idexpertscorp.com.

ID Safeguards now ID Experts(tm)

by Doug Pollack

ID Safeguards is changing its name. ID Safeguards will become ID Experts(tm). Founded in 2003 with a mission to protect Americans from identity theft, we have grown into a leader in identity theft protection. Today, we apply best practices to protect over three million Americans from this growing problem.

Our team of experts is passionate about helping victims of identity theft. We are one of the only companies in the industry that provide fully-managed recovery services, in other words we do all the work for victims of identity theft in order to restore them to pre-theft status. We are also trusted by some of our country's largest and most prominent companies to provide a full spectrum of data breach response services.

As our market and our services have evolved, we have found that the common thread across all aspects of our business is our people and the expertise they provide in addressing the problems associated with identity theft. For this reason, we feel that the name ID Experts expresses more clearly and appropriately who we are today.

So ID Safeguards is now ID Experts. But rest assured, we still provide the best in identity theft protection services for individuals and families, and we provide leading corporations and public sector organizations with the most complete and tailored data breach services.

Visit us on the web at www.idexpertscorp.com, and continue to visit our blog for the latest in news and advice on identity theft.