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Visa starts password service to fight online fraud

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Visa is starting a new user identification program, known as Verified by Visa, for credit card customers who shop online. For now, the system is optional for cardholders, online merchants and banks that issue credit cards. Visa estimates that only 6 percent of cards will get passwords in the first year.

Author: Hansell, Saul
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2001
Nonbank Credit Card Firms, Credit Card Issuing, Personal credit institutions, Management, Safety and security measures, Cases, Credit cards, Internet security, Prevention, Nonbank credit card services, Fraud, Online shopping, Credit and debit card industry, Credit card industry, Data security, Data security issue, Visa International Service Association

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Junk E-Mail And Fraud Are Focus Of Crackdown

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Law enforcement agencies have stepped up their investigations of crimes related to internet fraud and junk e-mail in hopes that new laws will be more of a deterrent than they currently are.

Author: Hansell, Saul
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
Marketing procedures, Financial management, Company legal issue, Finance, Marketing, Investigations, Computer crimes, Computer crime, Company marketing practices, Company financing, Direct Marketing Association, Identity theft

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4 Rivals Near Agreement on Ways to Fight Spam

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America Online, Yahoo, Earthlink and Microsoft work together to find ways to identify senders of spam.

Author: Hansell, Saul
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
Product standards, safety, & recalls, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Services information, Alliances, partnerships, Legal/Government Regulation, Standards, Laws, regulations and rules, Internet service providers, Internet service provider, Alliances and partnerships, Service enhancement

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Subjects list: United States, Spam (Junk email), Unsolicited bulk e-mail
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