An Identity Theft Call Center - A Necessity In Today's Information Age

In today's information age, it is easy to be the victim of identity theft. The opportunities for criminals to compromise your personal information are limitless. From phishing emails to telemarketing scams to infiltrating an unsecured ecommerce database, your information is out there and always vulnerable. If you run an e-commerce business, no matter how secure you think your information may be, there will always be exploitable security vulnerabilities. If you employ an identity theft response call center as a lifeline to call when and if there is ever an identity breach at your office, your business does not need to stop because of your inability to manage the influx of phone calls. Identity theft response service is part of any professional telephone answering service suite and can ensure your business continues to operate if there an influx of telephone calls as a result of inbound inquiries regarding a security breach. Among the important aspects of choosing the right answering service for your company, be sure they are available 14 hours a day, 365 days a year if an emergency arises.

Your Calls Are Always Answered
When you are outsourcing to a call center to manage your identity theft hotline service, you can be sure your phone calls will always be answered. If there is a security breach and the possibility of identity theft and information leakage, customers need to know what's happening and what actions they should take. If your crisis management system is structured so the telephone calls are being answered at your own office, there is no way a small staff or a small in house call center can handle a wave of calls at once without the lines being tied up and important calls being placed on hold.

More than just answering your calls, your call center can provide your customers with the information they need and give you various options to keep your customers informed. Within the realm of most call center services to offer crisis management support are:

Providing basic information on the breach and steps the callers should take
Setting up programmable IVR services to manage the inbound traffic and give the callers the opportunity to speak with a live operator to get more information about the identity theft situation
Giving "first defense" information as well as escalate calls to the appropriate parties in your company
Setting up outbound IVR services where an automated operator will call through your client list informing your customers of the identity theft issue and recommend the steps they should follow
If You Don't Have A Plan - You Need One
Not having a crisis management protocol for any identity theft occurrences can be a problem if your business deals with personally sensitive information. As secure as your systems are, there is always an opportunity for breach. If it is a physical breach or a computer attack, you need a plan. Employing a telephone answering service and working with them to customize your protocols, you can setup a suite of services to respond to your customers needs while following your scripts to inform the callers and tell them what they need to do to protect themselves. Whatever sized business you have, you can benefit by outsourcing your crisis genre calls to a call center. And, with the variety of services most answering services have available ranging from voicemail to IVR to live operator services, you are sure to find the right mix of services that will adhere to your budget while keeping your customers informed.