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Identity Theft and Your Work Force

Identity Thieves Also Steal Brand Equity

IN SOME WAYS, THE REVELATION that Hannaford, a regional supermarket chain, allowed 4.2 million of its customers’ credit-card numbers to slip into the hands of data thieves isn’t a big deal. After all, consumers are getting used to the idea that paying with plastic at any retailer presents a growing risk. Back in 2006, for example, thieves swiped 94 million credit-card numbers from TJX, owner of T.J. Maxx.

But experts say consumers’ growing concern that retailers are careless with their cards is eroding their trust.

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Corra knows it is bad enough to lose your credit card. It is costly in time and money. But imagine the embarrassment and the liability issues when one of your employees steals your clients identity from your database. It is a nightmare on the best of days, a catastrophe on the worst.

That is but on of the reasons Corra urges you to run background checks on all your job candidates. Conduct a criminal background check for sure and a credit report, if your employees have access to sensitive data. The credit report will help determine which employees are prone to make a stupid and illegal move.

Save yourself a lot of grief. Check them out before you hire.

By Gordon Basichis

Gordon Basichis is the Co-Founder of Corra Group, specializing in pre-employment background checks and corporate research. He has been a marketing and media executive and has worked in the entertainment industry, the financial, health care and technology sectors. He is the author of the best selling Beautiful Bad Girl, The Vicki Morgan Story, a non-fiction novel that helped define exotic sexuality in the late twentieth century. He is the author of the Constant Travellers and has recently completed a new book, The Guys Who Spied for China, dealing with Chinese Espionage in the United States. He has been a journalist for several newspapers and is a screenwriter and producer.