But it's not an environmental issue, and it's not an identity theft issue.
The theft issue can be minimized if system designers make it convenient to use digital information legitimately, Mr. Perlman said.
While this may not be the case, the question remains of how the industry can begin to tackle the smartphone theft issue.
None of the homeowners lost their houses because of the scheme, another law enforcement official said, but "they had identity theft issues, and were faced with the nightmare of disentangling their credit history".
"It's getting so much worse that I'd say in every county in Kentucky we have timber theft issues," said Dea Riley, executive director of the Appalachian Roundtable, which provides resources and legal help to victims of tree rustlers.
Making the situation even worse, it appears that the Hotmail address was recycled and is now being used by someone else, which is potentially a huge privacy/identity theft issue," they said.
Reviewing credit accounts frequently will alert us to potential identity theft issues, as well as let us know how close we come to our credit limits.
It is also vital for you to have a damage control program in place once you suspect that you have an identity theft issue.
"This has been more of a theft issue," said King, pointing out that in most cases the pirates simply sought to steal oil being transported on smaller tankers before escaping.
A friend and I tried to go to the cabins so we could meet up with our buddies from home, but we were told that, due to past theft issues, visitors from other camps weren't allowed in the units.
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