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Family ID theft protection

December 21, 2009 – 2:43 pm

The holiday season brings families and friends together. It’s a blessing for some, but for others … not so much. These are the families whose relatives and friends include at least one drug addict, alcoholic, convict, compulsive shopper or gambler or a get-rich-quick scammer. In other words, these are the families who need to worry [...]

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Protect yourself from ID theft: Who works around your house?

June 30, 2009 – 1:19 pm

At some point, nearly all of us have—or will–hire someone who will work in our homes: a lawn guy, babysitter, pool boy, nanny, home health care professional, housekeeper, handyman, or someone to work in a home-based business.
In most cases, we hire someone based on referrals from friends who’ve been happy with a worker’s performance. Or [...]

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LifeLock review: Don’t lose your identity while you’re searching for a job

May 19, 2009 – 12:18 pm

Lose a job then lose an identity — that’s one of the sad trends in today’s miserable economy. Identity thieves pose as recruiters and prey on desperate job hunters. And, unfortunately, when these predators show a little interest, a lot of people reflexively give them any information they ask for including home address, birth date [...]

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30,000 Kaiser Permanente employees’ personal info stolen

February 17, 2009 – 8:46 pm

No matter what resentments you hold against your employer, in an economy like this you have to bite your tongue and be thankful you have a job.

That’s got to be especially tough for the 30,000 Kaiser Permanente employees who just found out someone has stolen their personal information in the form of what looks like [...]

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Too many data breaches for you NOT to have LifeLock

January 16, 2009 – 3:36 pm

A good bit of my identity theft and data breach info comes from A Chronology of Data Breaches, which is compiled by the good folks at Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. I periodically cruise through their site, checking to see what groups of numbskulls has lost how many records recently.
This week there have been eight newly reported [...]

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With LifeLock, financial security protected; heartbreak … not so much

January 14, 2009 – 12:26 pm

I’ve known a lot of women who’ve said they’re unlucky in love. When all else failed several of them tried to improve their odds of meeting Mr. Right by enlisting the help of the matchmaking professionals at Match.com. With 15 million users and 20,000 new people signing up each day, their chances of finding a [...]

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Who’s in your wallet? WalletLock™ helps keep you safe.

November 12, 2008 – 1:00 am

Because of all the publicity surrounding high-tech hackers, most people think the Internet is the biggest threat to their identity. But the real threat is a lot closer than cyberspace.
The biggest threat is in that lump in your back pocket, or in the purse you sling over your shoulder every day. It’s your wallet, and [...]

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When you can’t trust others to protect your identity, you can trust LifeLock

October 14, 2008 – 11:34 am

When will they learn? Another government official is responsible for another data breach involving the theft of yet another laptop loaded with other people’s personal and financial information.
This time the loss can be blamed on a West Virginia state auditor who left the laptop in his car, and of course it was stolen. On the [...]

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