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Offshoring Risks Identity Theft
Posted on Oct 1, 2006 by Tom Fragala
Don’t tell Lou Dobbs. With so many companies sending call centers offshore, what are the privacy risks? Pretty serious, if you read this article in the Times Online.
Credit card data, along with passport and driving licence numbers, are being stolen from call centres in India and sold to the highest bidder, an investigation has found.
As bad as identity theft and credit problems are in the U.S., imagine trying to deal with the problem when the data breach happens in India or another country. Forget it.
Filed under: Identity Theft, Privacy
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