The fraudulent eBay site not only asks for users' eBay identification, password and email address but also credit card, bank account, drivers license and social security numbers.

BBC: eBay shadow site

Under section 6050W, forms 1099-K must include the gross amount of reportable payment transactions, as well as the name, address and taxpayer identification number (TIN) of the payee.

FORBES: IRS Offers Relief for Credit Card Reporting Requirements

In January, mailings for the card asked prospective cardholders to provide the name of their company, the nature of the business, its address and its federal employer identification number.

WSJ: Beware That New Credit-Card Offer

In my next and final post in the series, I will address the continuing ambiguities surrounding the identification of cyber threats and the possible responses to them.

FORBES: A Domain Like Cyberspace

Renata Kulova also stands accused of stealing identification documents belonging to two women at an address in Glasgow's Shawbridge Road between 28 June and 18 July, while Mr Balog is accused of assaulting one of the women at the flat between the same dates.

BBC: Tayside and Central Scotland

Name, address, and U.S. taxpayer identification number of U.S. account holder.

FORBES: Will IRS Get Fat Off FATCA?

But Mr Clayton said the recent row over search data released by AOL showed that identification of users could still be made even without a machine's unique IP address.

BBC: NEWS | Technology | Privacy bodies back Google step

Starting next month, people who get picked up on charges of having a small amount of marijuana will be released with appearance tickets if they have identification and no open warrants, Bloomberg said, spotlighting the issue in his State of the City address amid debate over the tens of thousands of such arrests in the city each year.

NPR: NYC Plans To Stop Many Marijuana Arraignments