• DocumentCode
    869838
  • Title

    Protecting job seekers from identity theft

  • Author

    Sweeney, L.

  • Author_Institution
    Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    74
  • Lastpage
    78
  • Abstract
    In search of a job after graduating from college, Meg Kemp posts her resume online. Norton Steuben, a retired law professor, hasn´t looked for employment in more than 35 years and rarely uses the Internet, yet his law school maintains his curriculum vita online. Although such activity might seem innocuous, information in both these online resumes initially put Meg and Norton in danger of becoming identity-theft victims. Fortunately, they received some unexpected protection in the form of a computer program called Identity Angel, which this article describes in more detail.
  • Keywords
    Internet; computer crime; data privacy; employment; Identity Angel computer program; Internet; identity theft; job seeker information protection; online curriculum vita; online resume; personal information protection; social security numbers; Credit cards; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Electronic mail; Employment; Information security; Internet; Protection; Resumes; Search engines; google; identity theft; phishing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Internet Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7801
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIC.2006.40
  • Filename
    1607991