Adding freezes to your credit reports is an appropriate response to the massive Equifax database breach that exposed the private information of 143 million Americans.
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How Equifax Just Changed The Rest of Your Life
Posted on 23 September 2017.
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How To Prevent Becoming an Identity Theft Victim
Posted on 28 June 2017.
More than 13 million U.S. consumers fall victim to identity theft each year, according to Javelin Strategy and Research, with more than $15 billion stolen.
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Holiday shopping: Internet ‘conveniences’ give me a headache
Posted on 11 November 2015.
Statements are pages long, with charges for items we can’t even begin to identify. Have you taken a really close look at your phone bill lately?
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Is your doctor’s office the most dangerous place for data?
Posted on 12 June 2015.
Those medical forms you give the receptionist and send to your health insurer provide fertile ground for criminals looking to steal your identity.
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4 steps that help guard against identity theft
Posted on 12 May 2015.
The average person can take several basic steps to guard against identity theft both inside and outside the health care world. Here’s a sample of what experts advise: 1: Protect your Social Security Number: Ask if it is absolutely necessary to give out before you put it on a form at the doctor’s office. See […]
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Identity theft victims face months of hassle
Posted on 21 January 2015.
The Target hack during 2013’s Black Friday shopping weekend was just one in a wave of data breaches that have exposed more than 100 million customer records.
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