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Internet Privacy Services and seal providers since years, ‘e-Safe’ a privacy seal contributes thousands of businesses promote online safety and trust and guide consumers and visitors to web sites that protect their privacy online. Companies can choose from privacy certification and compliance services that include the Web Privacy Seal, the e-safe seal as outlined by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Seal Program which has been approved by the Federal Trade Commission as an authorized safe harbor under the Anti-Phishing with Online Privacy Protection Act. By displaying the ‘e-Safe’ privacy seal, Web sites are building trust with their customers and increase sales and registrations. Identity theft is a form of fraud in which someone pretends to be someone else in order to steal money or obtain other benefits. Identity theft generally used to refer to a specific type of identity fraud, specifically impersonation. Someone can steal or appropriate someone's identifying information without actually committing identity fraud. The best example of this is when a data breach occurs. There has been very little evidence to link ID fraud to data breaches. A Government Accountability Office study determined that "most breaches have not resulted in detected incidents of identity theft". "Data Breaches Are Frequent, but Evidence of Resulting Identity Theft Is Limited; However, the Full Extent Is Unknown". A later study by Carnegie Mellon University concluded that "the probability of becoming a victim to identity theft as a result of a data breach is too much". More recently, one of the largest data breaches ever, accounting for over four million records, resulted in only about 1800 instances of identity theft, according to the company whose systems were breached. However, synthetic ID theft is not always detectable by the consumers whose information was used, according to an FTC report. ‘e-Safe’ provides online data privacy and it’s tips for those who are on the internet. An easy-to-use, privacy dispute resolution service free to consumers and online buyers who encounter problems with their personal information on ‘e-Safe’ approved sites. Millions of internet users work, play and click with confidence on Web sites that rely on e-Safe’s online privacy services, including top-fifty sites like Yahoo, PayPal, IBM, eBay, AOL, Disney, New York Times and Face-book. |