The California Birth Index is a database compiled by the California Office of Health Information and Research. The index contains birth records of all people born in California between 1905 and 1995. Each record is an abstract of each person's birth certificate, including date of birth, county of birth, gender, and mother's surname. Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
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Critics of the index have claimed that the index's information aides in identity theft.[1] Several public record websites have purchased copies of the index from the California Department of Health Services, typically priced at US$900. In 2001, the San Jose Mercury News printed a story about the index, then accessible on genealogical website Rootsweb, causing numerous complaints and requests for removal from the index, and ultimately leading to the index being removed from the site.[1] Identity theft (or identity fraud) is committing a crime, tort or other harmful act by deliberately assuming the identity (or some part or parts thereof) of someone other than the person doing the harmful act. ... Myfamily. ...
References
^ ab Stefanie Olsen. Identity crisis: Birth records online. CNET News. 3 December 2001.
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