We're having a tremendous amount of identity theft. One case took us to Atlanta. That's where the person had used (a resident's) Social Security and date of birth to purchase goods.

Almost everything a person needs for identity theft is actually faxed to us on a daily basis.

Online banking account hijacking is the fastest-growing form of identity theft we monitor. Regulators want to get in front of the problem rather than be reactive.

Online banking account hijacking is the fastest-growing form of identity theft we monitor, ... Regulators want to get in front of the problem rather than be reactive.

Having civil and criminal identity theft penalties in place and continuing to inform Californians on how to prevent the theft of their personal or financial information will help stem this invasive crime.

I'm not really worried about identity theft from public records.