ShieldSafe , an experienced leader in providing identity theft prevention services to consumers, today announced the launch of "America Protected," a free service that helps consumers protect themselves from identity theft at no charge. Now everyone can protect themselves from identity theft for free without having to pay a company to do it for them.

With the increased demand for anonymous IP address, Privacy Partners added a 4th anonymous proxy server to its Private Proxy software. Customers can upgrade to the new release at no charge. New customers can try the anonymous proxy free for 7 days.

Passfaces' unique cognometric authentication solution is now fully compatible with the iPhone and other Web-enabled mobile devices. Enterprise customers can now offer their users the convenience of secure access from anywhere on the Web - without tokens or software installation. Passfaces' two-way authentication capability, as well as providing strong authentication of a user to a site, also protects against phishing by authenticating the site to the user.

Retina-X Studios, LLC, the creators of the first spy software for the iPhone, announced today the immediate availability of Mobile Spy version 3.0 for the Apple iPhone. Using this groundbreaking iPhone spy technology, users can now track GPS locations, SMS messages and calls of children or employees inside an SSL secured online control panel.

Upland Mutual Insurance (www.UplandMutual.com), a property and casualty insurer in Kansas, announce today that comprehensive identity theft services from Identity Theft 911 (www.identitytheft911.com), America’s leading identity theft resolution and education services provider, are now available to all policyholders at no additional cost.

LockLizard are pleased to announce LockLizard Flashguard Flash Security, their latest product extending the range and reach of their DRM management systems to Adobe shockwave flash (SWF) files.

Equifax Inc. announced today an enhancement to its existing identity protection and credit monitoring products to include up to $1 million of identity theft insurance coverage. The coverage provides reimbursement for certain out-of-pocket expenses related to identity theft for Equifax consumers.

Panda Security, a world leader in IT security, today announced the findings from a comprehensive identity theft study conducted by PandaLabs, the company's malware analysis and detection laboratory. Based on the analysis of 67 million computers during 2008, PandaLabs revealed that 1.1 percent of the worldwide population of Internet users have been actively exposed to identity theft malware.

Data breaches increased 50 percent in 2008 with the largest increase occurring at corporations and small businesses. In response to this trend and the fact that 86 percent of data breaches could be prevented, Identity Force has announced the launch of the Merchant Protection Program (www.identityforce.com/MPP) in honor of National Consumer Protection Week.

Consumers need to use all the tools available to proactively fight today's creative, technologically-savvy identity thieves. Without the appropriate tools for protecting personal information and keeping it out of criminals' hands, more consumers will likely join the list of millions of identity theft victims in the United States.