According to myfinances.co.uk, cases of identity fraud referred to credit reference agency Experian rose 66 per cent in the UK in 2007.

With your personal and financial information easily available on the internet, companies can use this data to market to you, decide whether to employ you or do business with you, and criminals can access this to steal identities or commit financial fraud. Garlik, UK based company selected as 2008 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, promises to:

• Keep you one step ahead, so you can find out what they know and to give you the power to take back control of your information.
  

• Give you the best advice on how to take the action they recommend.
  

• Take care to only provide your information to you and to protect your information from other people.
  

• Give you insight into what information is easily available online, how it is used and what you can do about it.

As the first company to develop a web-scale commercial application of semantic technology, Garlik enables consumers to find and understand what personal information is in the public domain about them and manage how their identities appear online. You will have visibility of where your information appears online so there's less chance of it being abused or stolen by fraudsters. They provide ongoing help and advice around what to do if any of your information is found online so you can take the appropriate action to prevent identity theft or financial fraud before it happens. They have to products: DataPatrol for businesses and DataPatrol for individuals.

Key features of DataPatrol:

• 24/7 monitoring to protect your personal and sensitive financial information
  

• Daily and weekly report updates with easy to use tools to manage your results
  

• Alerts if we find your personal, sensitive and financial information exposed online
  

• Expert support & advice if your personal information is at risk
  

• Quarterly report on your local area
  

• Royal Mail Postal Redirect check

DataPatrol is currently only available to UK residents. It has opened a New York office in May 2008 securing an additional $5m in funding and signing a major distribution deal with CPP North America which provides life assistance products and has over 11.3 million customers across North America, Europe and Asia.

Garlik has appointed a panel of world-class ID protection and technology experts to advise the business including Professor Wendy Hall CBE from the University of Southampton, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the "inventor" of the Web, Simon Davies, director of Privacy International and Daniel Cooper, renowned privacy lawyer with Covington & Burling.

To find out more: visit Garlik.com!