4 January, 2007 - 11:56am

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse recently reported that there have now been over 100 million incidents of compromised identity records in the US. As of today, the security breaches containing sensitive information totaled 100,453,858. In response, the Federal Identity Theft Task Force announced that they are seeking public comment on ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of federal government efforts to reduce identity theft. The Task Force was established last summer and will accept comments on their website until January 19.