ID Watchdog signs deal with Miami-Dade public schoID Watchdog signs deal with Miami-Dade public schools
2010-01-07 16:50 ET - News Release
Mr. Daniel Mohan reports
ID WATCHDOG COMMENCES PARTNERSHIP WITH MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO LAUNCH ID THEFT PROTECTION SERVICES TO MEMBERS
ID Watchdog Inc. has entered a partnership with Miami-Dade county public schools to offer ID Watchdog identity theft protection services as a new benefit to employees of the district, retirees, and their families.
Through this partnership, more than 70,000 M-DCPS employees, retirees, and their families will have the option to select ID Watchdog's patent-pending identity theft protection, detection and resolution services as a part of a robust employee-benefits package offered by the fourth-largest school district in the country, alongside traditional benefits such as health, dental, vision and life insurance. The M-DCPS participants can rest assured knowing that their most important asset -- their identities -- are protected through ID Watchdog's full-service monitoring and resolution coverage.
Explaining the importance of this relationship, ID Watchdog's president and chief operating officer, Daniel Mohan, said: "ID Watchdog is excited to join forces with the M-DCPS to offer superior, comprehensive identity theft monitoring and resolution services as an additional employee benefit. Given the 10-per-cent to 12-per-cent conversion of employee-benefits offers that we experienced in our pilot programs in Texas, we have high hopes that school districts in general, and specifically our efforts in Miami-Dade as one of the largest districts in the country, will become a significant catalyst for our growth strategy going forward."
While M-DCPS evaluated several other heavily marketed identity protection services, ID Watchdog was selected based on the completeness of its product offering. ID Watchdog is the only company that provides consumers with comprehensive, 360-degree identity theft protection services, backed by a 100-per-cent resolution guarantee. Going far beyond simple credit and financial monitoring, ID Watchdog scours thousands of databases including criminal history, DMV, medical, tax, social security, telephone and utility records, internet surveillance, and much more, offering the earliest possible detection of potential identity crimes. Certified, in-house identity specialists ensure that any identity theft issues that may arise during their customers' enrollment are resolved at no extra charge, guaranteed.
ID Watchdog developed its patent-pending identity theft monitoring technology in conjunction with consumer advocates, consumer protection agencies, law enforcement agencies, banks, privacy experts and technology professionals. ID Watchdog's technology searches a broad range of data sources for signs of identity theft and provides immediate containment and resolution services, which differentiates it from competitors that package credit monitoring as identity theft protection.
"Identity theft continues as the fastest-growing crime in America, and given the current state of the economy, shows no signs of slowing down any time soon," said Rosa Novo, co-ordinator of benefits at M-DCPS. "ID Watchdog will be an invaluable tool for keeping our employees, retirees, and their families safe. We owe it to our employees to provide them with only the best service, and we found ID Watchdog to be the most comprehensive service and the best overall value."
ID Watchdog will be available to all eligible M-DCPS employees and retirees during their annual open-enrollment period.
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