Recently, as part of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act of 2018, Congress made several changes to credit security rules that benefit consumers. Continue reading
Category Archives: Id Protection
How to Recover from ID Theft
You’ve read about it, and you thought it would never happen to you. But suddenly your bank account is empty, your credit card bills are through the roof, and you’re getting late notices for accounts you don’t own. Your identity has been stolen. What now?
What to know about the Equifax Breach
On September 7, 2017, Equifax, one of the three main credit reporting agencies, announced a massive data security breach that exposed vital personal identification data — including names, addresses, birth dates, and Social Security numbers — on as many as 143 million consumers, roughly 55% of Americans age 18 and older.1 Continue reading
8 Steps to Keep Your Identity Secure
Whether they’re snatching your purse, diving into your dumpster, stealing your mail, or hacking into your computer, they’re out to get you. Who are they? Identity thieves.
Identity thieves can empty your bank account, max out your credit cards, open new accounts in your name, and purchase furniture, cars, and even homes on the basis of your credit history. If they give your personal information to the police during an arrest and then don’t show up for a court date, you may be subsequently arrested and jailed.
And what will you get for their efforts? You’ll get the headache and expense of cleaning up the mess they leave behind. Continue reading
What To Do If You Suspect IRS ID Theft
With identity theft related fraud making the news nearly every day during this tax season, it’s not surprising that it topped the list of investigative priorities for the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigations for the 2015 fiscal year. Continue reading
How Secure is Your Child’s Identity?
Adults aren’t the only ones who can have their identity stolen.
In 2015 tens of millions of American children had their Social Security numbers, date of birth and health care ID numbers stolen in the data breach at Continue reading
A Sickness in the Healthcare System: Weak Protections for Patient Identities
Criminal cyber attacks on healthcare information repositories have increased 125% since 2010. With the announcement of the Excellus breach in recent weeks, the total number of big-headline medical information compromises reported in 2015 (such as Anthem, Primera, Carefirst) had crossed the mind-blowing demarcation line of 100 million files.
WHY SHOULD YOU BE CONCERNED? Continue reading
