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Yes. The first thing you can do is freeze your credit.

Yes, if someone has stolen your child’s personal information, it’s possible for accounts to be opened in your child’s name. To determine whether this has happened, you can contact the three major credit bureaus (Experian, TransUnion, Equifax) to see if your child has a file.

At tax time, like most people, you are concerned about the bottom line: Will I get a refund or will I have to pay? Privacy may never enter your mind, but perhaps it should.

Submitted to FDIC and financial regulatory agencies, July 22, 2004

Robert E. Feldman, Executive Secretary
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
550 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20429
by E-mail: Comments@FDIC.gov

Comments Submitted by:
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
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Consumer Action
National Consumer Law Center
PrivacyActivism
US Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG)
World Privacy Forum

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