Identity Theft Protection Reviews and Comparison of LifeLock, Identity Guard and TrustedID

Report Shows Identity Theft Increasing

December 19, 2011

Think identity theft is a problem that is slowly fading away? Think again. Unfortunately, according to many recent studies, it continues to be on the rise. According to one of these studies, conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics this past year, identity theft underwent a 33 percent increase between 2005 and 2010. Not [...]

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New Identity Theft Tax Laws

December 13, 2011

Tax time has long been a popular time for identity theft, with forms filled with personal information flying through the U.S. postal system. Some of them come from legitimate taxpayers and some of them come from individuals pretending to be legitimate taxpayers and looking to cash in on ill-begotten refunds. To help individuals who have [...]

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Foster Children at Far Greater Risk of Identity Theft

December 7, 2011

While adults are very vulnerable to identity theft in the United States, children are vulnerable too. And even more vulnerable is a certain group of minors: foster children. According to Robert Fellmeth, who teaches law at the University of San Diego, up to 30 percent of these children become victims of identity theft before they [...]

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How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft Online

November 28, 2011

Happy Cyber Monday! Can you believe it is almost time for holiday shopping again? The season seems to come earlier and earlier every year – partially due to department stores chomping at the bit to get the music playing and the decorations hung – with the exception of Nordstrom’s, which promises to hold out this [...]

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Black Friday In-Store Shopping Identity Theft Tips

November 22, 2011

Identity Theft Tips for In-Store Holiday Shopping Black Friday, November 25th 2011 Three days from now, when doing your holiday shopping in the store this Black Friday, it’s very important to remember toprotect yourself from identity theft. Follow these tips to help do so: *Be wary of crowds. When you’re in a packed house, say [...]

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TrustedID Acquires Unsubscribe

November 17, 2011

TrustedID does it again and now delivers security ratings on over 100,000 social network “apps” With the acquisition of Unsubscribe.com they have found yet another way to help protect consumers from identity theft and for those families who have teenagers who join any FaceBook app without worrying about who they are giving their information to…. [...]

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Fanatic Football Fans Easy Target for Identity Theft

November 15, 2011

Football season is in full swing, which makes it a great time to think about security, and particularly identity theft protection, while you’re at the game or at a bar. Even though all football fans seem friendly enough – unless they are rooting for rival teams – it’s easy to get distracted and to get [...]

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Be Prepared, In Case Identity Theft Happens to You

November 8, 2011

Before identity theft happens to you – well, in case identity theft happens to you – you should have a game plan in place on what to do about it. It does affect close to 10 million Americans each year so this really is something you should think about. To be more specific, you should [...]

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Identity Thieves Don’t Learn Their Lesson

November 1, 2011

Sadly, and disturbingly, a lot of identity thieves don’t learn their lesson the first time, even after they have served jail time for their crimes. For example, Robert Delgado of California was already on parole for identity theft when police found personal information for over 300,000 individuals on his computer. He came up with quite [...]

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An Invitation to Identity Theft?

October 25, 2011

Sometimes people disagree on what constitutes a risk of identity theft. Consider the following story and decide where you stand on the issue. A former county election auditor in Washington State is upset with the current auditor’s decision to implement a cost saving measure on mail-in ballots. This measure requires voters to place their ballots [...]

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