In an earlier blog post, we covered the basics of the FTC’s Red Flags Rule – which requires certain types of businesses and financial organizations create an Identity Theft Prevention Program designed to detect the “red flags” (i.e. signs indicative of potential identity theft activity) unique to their day-to-day operations.
Since every business deals with different types of red flags and levels of risk, the FTC does not endorse or enforce any kind of one-size-fits-all compliance program. They have, however, provided guidelines describing the 4 core elements of ID theft prevention programs – which we’ll walk through in this blog post. (more…)
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