Patent ID: 8868719

Claim:
A method of monitoring for potential misuses of identity information comprising: creating, at a monitoring system, an electronic profile comprising first identity information of a user; receiving, at the monitoring system, from a third party website: a first indication that at least a portion of the first identity information has been used to successfully log into an account of the user that is maintained by the third party website; and a second indication that a request to alter second identity information of the user stored by the third party website has been initiated while the account was successfully logged into; evaluating whether the use of the first identity information is a potential misuse based on a match analysis of information from the electronic profile of the user created at the monitoring system, the first indication from the third party website that at least a portion of the first identity information has been used, and the second indication from the third party website that a request to alter second identity information of the user has been initiated, wherein match analysis criteria to determine the potential misuse of the first identity information is customizable by the user, an administrator of the monitoring system, or a combination thereof; and determining one or more actions to take if the use of the first identity information is a potential misuse, wherein the one or more actions include polling the user as to whether the use of the first identity information is a misuse and, in response to the user indicating that the use of the first identity information is a misuse, having the third party website request proof of identity to verify the identity of the person who submitted the request to alter the second identity information.