Ethical Considerations of Identity Theft
Identity theft is one of the preeminent crimes of the present day. With the onset of the information age, personal information has become much more readily available. This increased accessibility has in turn made it much easier to steal identities. Estimates state that up to 9 million adults in the US each year are victims of identity fraud (Anderson, Durbin, & Salinger, 2008). Therefore, it is evident that the magnitude of this problem cannot be understated. To understand identity theft, however, we must first understand what identity is.
Identity can refer to a set of unique identifiers that differentiate one
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