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Child Identity Theft

Last Updated on Sunday, 15 April 2012 11:20 Written by Celframe Security Team Tuesday, 10 July 2012 09:09

It has been reported that child identity theft is a real concern in the California foster care system where 1 to 5 out of every 10 children face the consequences of identity theft at some of point in their lives. For many obvious reasons which we will discuss in this article, we can only guess that this crime which affects children’s future is not limited to just California or foster children. It makes sense that children are so highly affected by this crime because they are soft targets whose personal information such as birth date or social security number is available to their criminal parents, social workers and others with access to the Social Security Administration and court systems. In addition, children and their parents or guardians are either not concerned with the child’s credit history or start to care about their credit reports when they are old enough to apply for their first job or college, therefore delaying the identity theft detection process by years. Often child identity theft is committed by financially distressed individuals to pay for utility bills, medical bills, and save on taxes. This explains why defenseless foster children who escaped their abusive birth parents would be identity theft targets in such high numbers by people they trust most such as their foster parents, social workers and birth parents.

To address the foster children identity theft problem, California passed a law which requires social workers to obtain children’s credit reports when they turn 16 years old to detect identity theft fraud committed under their names. Although it is a very good idea to obtain and review children’s credit reports when they are around 16 to 18 years old to discover signs of identity theft, write dispute letters to creditors and easily erase their credit history by demonstrating that identity theft crime was committed when the child was a minor, there are more ways to protect children against identity theft. Some of the additional ways to protect children against identity theft include awareness education, limiting and monitoring their access to the Internet and the extent by which they share personal information for creating online accounts to play games, join groups and use Skype.

Economics play a big role in the child identity theft cases. If children are exposed to economically constrained families, they are bound to be used as tools to commit fraud for some type of economic benefit. However, this short minded behavior is likely to leave a lasting nightmare for children and their parents requiring efforts to detect, dispute and clear all tracks of identity theft left behinds months or even years ago.

For child identity theft awareness education, visit Identity Diet.

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Child Bicycle Helmets Recalled

Last Updated on Monday, 12 March 2012 01:19 Written by Celframe Security Team Sunday, 1 July 2012 01:11

Child Bicycle Helmets Recalled – Child Safety Blog Child Safety Blog Banner Your First Stop For All Things Regarding Child Safety Child Bicycle Helmets Recalled By Bryan Slaughter on January 11, 2012 8:19 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0) It still amazes me that child bicycle helmets that don’t meet basic impact resistance requirements can still make it to store shelves in this country. Is it too much to ask to have a system that prevents this from happening before kids are put at risk? Sigh.

Rant over — here’s the info from the CPSC’s press release (shockingly, the helmet was made in China – its name (“Little Tricky”) now takes on a whole new meaning):

Hazard: Product testing demonstrated that these helmets do not comply with CPSC safety standards for impact resistance. Consumers could suffer impact head injuries in a fall.

Description: The recalled items are multi-purpose helmets also sold for use as bicycle helmets. Little Tricky helmets are marketed for children and youth, and feature a large Little Tricky logo on both sides of the helmet. They come in one size and in black, white, pink and green. Triple Eight S/M EPS Liner helmets feature a hard black inner EPS foam liner and come in black, white, bone, blue and army green. Sector 9 S/M EPS Liner helmets feature the same EPS liner and come in gray, white, black, blue and green. Both the Triple Eight and Sector 9 helmets have an interior label indicating the size “S/M” for small/medium and a manufacture date indicated as month/year (ex. APR/2011). Only Triple Eight and Sector 9 size “S/M” EPS Liner helmets are affected.

Sold at: Bicycle and sports stores and other retailers nationwide and online from August 2006 through November 2011 for about $40.

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Did Your Child Receive the Super Luchamania Action Figures as a Gift?

Last Updated on Monday, 12 March 2012 01:18 Written by Celframe Security Team Wednesday, 23 May 2012 09:24

Did Your Child Receive the Super Luchamania Action Figures as a Gift? – Child Safety Blog Child Safety Blog Banner Your First Stop For All Things Regarding Child Safety Did Your Child Receive the Super Luchamania Action Figures as a Gift? By Marianne on January 27, 2012 2:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0) By Marianne Frederick

There are some children’s toys which could give parents and children a headache–like the Super Luchamania Action Figures. They were made in Mexico and the surface paint on them contains an excessive amount of lead violating the federal standards for lead paint in children’s toys.

Approximately 7,000 packs of the Super Luchamania Action Figures, which were sold in packs of 12, are being recalled, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced yesterday, in cooperation with importer, Lee Carter Company of San Francisco, California.

Why is excessive lead in surface paint on toys dangerous to children? According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Basic Information on Lead in Paint, Dust and Soil, lead can be absorbed by a child’s body more readily than an adult’s. As we know, babies and young children often put toys in their mouths. Some painted toys can even have lead dust on them. Children’s brains and nervous systems are more sensitive to the damaging effects of lead. If not detected, children with high levels of lead in their bodies can suffer from different maladies including damage to the brain and nervous system, behavior and learning problems, such as hyperactivity, slowed growth, hearing problems, and headaches, to name only a few. http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/leadinfo.htm#health.

Please take a look in your children’s toy box to check whether these toys are there. The multi-colored Super Luchamania male action figures are made of plastic, have various colored plastic capes and measure about four inches tall. “Super Luchamania” is printed on the action figures’ package. The packs of 12 action figures were sold by Mexican specialty craft stores throughout the United States from June 2000 through October 2011 for between $12 and $14 per pack.

Parents and caregivers should remove the action figures from children’s access and return them to Lee Carter Company for a full refund or credit toward another Lee Carter product. Consumers may contact Lee Carter Co. by calling collect at 1(415) 824-2004 anytime, or visiting the firm’s website at www.leecartercompany.com.

To view a photo of the Super Luchamania Action Figures, please visit the CPSC website at: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12092.html.

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