If you have a "reasonable" expectation of victimization because your information was breached or you already have been victimized, ask the IRS for an identity protection personal identification number, or IP PIN.

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Among its initiatives, the IRS is now issuing ID theft victims special Identity Protection Personal Identification Numbers (IP PINs), that allow them to distinguish themselves from the fraudsters and get their tax refunds processed.

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No doubt there will be some benefits: fraud, in particular the persistent and increasingly annoying problem of identity theft, might be substantially reduced if biometric-identification systems, introduced in the form of passports, visas and identity cards, become widespread.

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Only 222 million people have enrolled into a biometric identity scheme which helps them with the identification number.

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Police said the suspect had forged identification and they used facial recognition technology to determine his true identity.

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Initially, identity is critical as the phone becomes not only an additional form of identification but one that can triangulate with others to provide authentication.

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With growing concerns about such errors, medical identity theft and insurance fraud, health technology experts say more hospitals are looking for better identification tools.

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The speaker reaffirms his or her present persona, his or her identity as a recovering alcoholic, which entails membership within a community, which is an identification with a future self, the self that the speaker promises to become.

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