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N.gov Launches Free Identity Theft Prevention Toolkit Date : 12/21/2011 @ 12:00AM
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Today : Wednesday 21 December 2011
IN.gov and Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller launched an Identity theft Prevention Toolkit in an effort to aid Hoosiers in protecting themselves against identity theft through education, detection practices, and corrective procedures.

Identity theft starts with the misuse of your personally identifying information such as your name and Social Security number, credit card numbers, or other financial account information.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates over nine million stolen identities each year. Many of these cases go unnoticed by victims while others are not realized until review of a credit report or contact by a debt collector. 4,163 self-reported consumer complaints for identity theft were received by the FTC for Indiana in 2009.

"Identity theft is a real crime with serious costs for victims and that's why our office created an easy-to-use toolkit and webpage that offers help ranging from prevention to identity restoration," Zoeller said. "These resourceful tools now available at your fingertips could help prevent you from losing thousands of dollars, time spent repairing your name or credit and the stress of being victimized."

The toolkit, available at http://www.indianaconsumer.com/idtheft, allows you to keep an inventory of the contents in your purse or wallet in order to contact creditors upon the loss or theft of information as well as detailed notes of all contacts with your financial institutions and law enforcement agencies, including the names, dates, phone numbers, and topics discussed. Account registration is free and quick to complete by creating a secure username and password.

"Identity Theft Prevention Toolkit is the latest online service offering available to the Indiana consumer free of charge through www.IN.gov," said Brian Arrowood, the State of Indiana's Chief Information Officer. "This was created in effort to keep customer information accurate, up to date and accessible from any device that has internet access."

Other fraud prevention applications currently offered by IN.gov include:

RREAL IN- http://in.gov/apps/in_rreal/Login.aspx
ValIDate- https://secure.in.gov/apps/bmv/validate/
About IN.gov

IN.gov is the official Website of the state of Indiana (http://www.in.gov) service of the Indiana Office of Technology. The IN.gov program is a collaborative effort between the state of Indiana and Indiana Interactive. Indiana Interactive is the official eGovernment solutions provider for the state of Indiana. The company builds and manages interactive government services on behalf of the state and is a wholly owned subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV).

About NIC

NIC (NASDAQ:EGOV) is the nation's leading provider of government Websites, online services, and secure payment processing solutions. The company's innovative eGovernment services help reduce costs and increase efficiencies for government agencies, citizens, and businesses across the country. The NIC family of companies provides eGovernment solutions for more than 3,000 federal, state, and local agencies across the United States. Additional information is available at http://www.egov.com.