Posts Tagged ‘identity theft’

Profiles in Business: Intelius

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

After resigning from his post as Chief Executive Officer of Infospace, former Microsoft executive Naveen Jain and several associates established Intelius Inc at the start of 2003. Naveen Jain is also Intelius’ current CEO.

Initially, Intelius’ array of services focused solely on information commerce, offering individuals and businesses access to information for purposes such as background checks, identity verification, and medical and health history.

Intelius Inc aims to give small and big companies access to relevant details that allow them to make intelligent business decisions and map out effective business strategies. The company does this by merging accessible information found in public records, telephone directories, and other sources of information.

However, Intelius’ services are not limited to business. They also give their clients access to the company’s database so they can scan for information about individuals. This way, Intelius helps their clients find out who among these people are dangerous and who are not.

Aside from giving their clients access to information relevant to their companies’ success, Intelius expanded its range of services by providing anti-identity theft services.

As a company committed to corporate social responsibility, Intelius is active in helping the community in every way possible. During the identity theft threat where the identities of millions of American military veterans were in danger, Intelius offered a huge discount on their anti-identity theft products and services. According to Intelius, it was the company’s means of saluting men and women who served the United States of America.

Last 2007, Intelius reached a notable milestone as the company celebrated its fourth anniversary by serving its four millionth unique customer. This achievement is a testament of the company’s contribution and significance to the business and corporate industries.

Today, Intelius continues to provide small businesses and mega corporations the information and details they need to propel forward. It also gives individuals a great sense of security.

Affinion Card Patrol Seeks to Boost Bank Transaction Integrity

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Affinion Security Center announced that more than 200 American and Canadian financial companies are now using Affinion Security Center’s Card Patrol in their efforts to thwart identity theft.

Card Patrol monitors and analyzes chat rooms that are known havens for credit card thieves and other identity criminals. Through this real-time, preemptive monitoring, Card Patrol helps stop fraud before it happens. Card Patrol members can register up to ten account numbers, and Card Patrol will scour the web and chat rooms to see if those numbers come up in fraudulent trading and transactions. Clients are also notified for fraudulent use of other coveted identity data, such as social security numbers, mother’s maiden name, and card PINs.

Serge Rivest, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Davis + Henderson, is impressed with Card Patrol’s work. “Card Patrol has been successful in increasing awareness of identity theft as it continues to claim more victims worldwide,” Rivest said. “This service has been a benefit that many of our customers take advantage of.”

Tom Rusin, CEO of Affinion Security Center, warns that identity theft is a growth industry. “The rapid growth of this program indicates consumers’ increased attention to the threat of identity theft, the link to personal finance and consumers’ reliance on trusted financial partners to provide them with reliable solution,” Tom Rusin said.

Affinion Security Center, a division of the Affinion Group, has a long history of providingsecurity, credit monitoring and identity theft protection. In 1969, Affinion Security Center launched HotLine, a pioneer program to stop ID theft and credit card fraud. In 1992, Affinion launched PrivacyGuard, a membership-based comprehensive credit monitoring product which was which is still in wide use today. Today, the Affinion Group offers a full range of security options, including BreachShield, PCSafety Plus, and Identity Secure.

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