A number of government and private organizations have information about various aspects of identity theft and fraud: how it can occur, what you can do about it, and how to guard your privacy. To help you learn more about the problem and its solutions, we've attached a list of Web sites that you might find interesting and informative on identity theft and related topics.

[Note: All Web sites to which these pages cross-link are included as a service for the reader. Cross-links to non-governmental sites do not constitute an endorsement or approval of their content, or of the organizations responsible for that content, by the Department of Justice.]

Government

United States:

• California Department of Consumer Affairs

• Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• Federal Trade Commission - Congressional Testimony

• Federal Trade Commission - Fighting Back Against ID Theft

• United States Postal Inspection Service

• United States Secret Service

Canada:

• Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner

Non-Government

United States:

• American Association of Retired Persons

• Better Business Bureau - Alert

• Better Business Bureau -- Eastern Massachusetts/Maine/Vermont

• CalPIRG

• Center for Democracy and Technology

• National Association of Attorneys General

• National Consumers League

• National Fraud Information Center

• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse