Posted by: Collin Eli in Untagged on
Jan 07, 2009
On December 17th LifeLock and TransUnion agreed to work together to streamline and improve their relationship. A global leader in credit and information management, TransUnion is bringing its expertise in automated credit management system to bear in working with Lifelock’s identity theft protection services. Together, companies will develop a rapid method for processing fraud alerts and opt outs delivered through LifeLock’s identity theft prevention service.
Posted by: Collin Eli in Untagged on
Jan 07, 2009
On December 17th the Federal Trade Commission released new guidelines for institutions that store personal information. It recommends stricter precautions to leave fewer holes for ID theft to breach. If you’re concerned about identity fraud, however, you won’t want to wait for companies, schools, banks and other organizations to put those guidelines in place. Instead, you can use your discretion as a consumer to choose institutions that take appropriate precautions. Here are five quick tips to help you:
Posted by: Collin Eli in Untagged on
Dec 09, 2008
The housing market crisis in the US has brought increased awareness of how people legally and illegally “game the system,” leveraging a house’s equity in ways that range from being ill-advised (getting loans you can’t pay) to illegal. While there are many other sites that discuss the current state of mortgage loans and using your house as collateral we’re going to look at from an identity theft prevention perspective. This builds on our previous article on mortgage fraud and identity theft.
Posted by: Collin Eli in Untagged on
Dec 09, 2008
Like it or not, you are the first line of defense against identity fraud. Identity theft works for criminals because the default responsibility lies with you, the consumer. By the time you manage to convince financial institutions that you’re a victim the perpetrator has normally already profited from your name and credit.
Posted by: Collin Eli in Untagged on
Nov 19, 2008
You can read a quick definition of phishing on our Identity Theft Terms to Know page. Let’s talk about phishing in detail today because it’s one of the identity scams almost everyone’s encountered.
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