How-To Guide for Fighting Fraud and Identity Theft With the FCRA and FACTA Red Flags Rule

Answer. If someone is using your personal information to open new accounts, make purchases, or get a tax refund, report it at IdentityTheft.gov. IdentityTheft.gov will help you create your Identity Theft Report and a personal recovery plan based on your situation.

Red Flag Requirements Initial Risk Assessment Policies and Procedures Manual Train Staff on Program Implementation New Account Authentication. (All consumer accounts) Validate Change of Address Requests. (All consumer accounts) Anti-Phishing Program Identity Theft Protection. (All consumer accounts)

The Red Flags Program helps organizations plan, develop, implement and administer an identity theft prevention program to ensure compliance.Red Flags present as suspicious patterns or specific practices that provide clues that there may be identity fraud activity.

Red Flags Rule and Identity Theft Prevention Program The Red Flags Rule requires financial institutions (and some other organizations) to establish and implement a written Identity Theft Prevention Program (ITPP) designed to detect, prevent and mitigate identity theft in connection with their covered accounts.

The Red Flags Rule requires that each "financial institution" or "creditor"which includes most securities firmsimplement a written program to detect, prevent and mitigate identity theft in connection with the opening or maintenance of "covered accounts." These include consumer accounts that permit multiple payments

The Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACTA) is an amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and includes the Red Flags Rule, implemented in 2008. The Red Flags Rule calls for financial institutions and creditors to implement red flags to detect and prevent against identity theft.