Identity Theft Tips

Identity Theft Protection

• What if My Personally Identifiable Information is Compromised?
  Has My Information Been Compromised? When your personally identifiable information, or PII for short, is compromised, that means that it has been disclosed accidentally or on purpose without your consent. Often this happens because you responded to a phishing email, were the victim of a data breach, had something containing your information stolen, or a [... […]
• A Few Uses For A Stolen Identity
  Identity theft happens a lot – and I mean a lot … we’re talking about nine million American victims every year. But have you ever thought about why it is so common? What do these crooks do with all that personal information anyway? Lots of different things, here are a few: **They commit credit card […]
• 40 Million Social Security Numbers Assigned to More Than One American
  Having your Social Security number used by someone else doesn’t seem too likely does it? It may seem to you that this crime is pretty uncommon. It’s not. ID Analytics, a credit fraud information service, puts that number at one in seven Americans. This includes people whose SSNs were used by strangers and those whose […]
• Identity Theft Victims Expect Assistance From Their Bank
  While doing some research on the Internet, I came across a somewhat obvious fact that had not seemed obvious to me until that moment. According to bankinfosecurity.com, when an individual experiences identity theft, he or she usually does not continue to do business with a financial institution if the financial institution is at fault. Makes […]