With Summer Winding Down, Students Should Know How to Avoid Identity Theft on Campus According to the FTC, young adults in their 20’s accounted for 1 of every 5 instance of identity theft, the highest of any age group. Also, the Better Business Bureau has said that young adults were the “most-at-risk” group to have their identities […]
Security Software Firm Recovers Data on Factory Reset Phones, Phones Present Possible Identity Theft Problem With the fast-paced changing technology, and people’s attitudes towards keeping up with the newest devices, buying and selling smart phones has become a pretty common practice. Recent events have shown that even when you think you’re safely wiping your tech clean […]
Don’t Let Your Move Be More Difficult Than it Already Is, Protect Your Identity While Moving Due to the warm weather, and children typically being off of school, summer is the time most families decide to relocate. There are some things to remember to protect your identity while moving: Be careful with your electronic information. Moving […]
Don’t Let Your Summer Trip be Ruined, Use These Important Identity Theft Protection Tips Summer vacation is a staple for families all across the country. You load up the family into the car, and head out on the road for adventure. Unfortunately identity thieves don’t take vacations. Identity theft can be a problem for travelers, but […]
A new trend is to take old electronics, such as iPhones, and turn them quickly into cash. It sounds easy, and makes a lot of sense if you have a newer model, need some extra money (who doesn’t?), and have no more use for your old equipment. Some people also choose to recycle their old […]
In late 2012 the Identity Theft Assistance Center (ITAC) released a report based on a survey they conducted finding that 1 in 40 households with children under the age of 18 had at least one child whose personal information was compromised by identity criminals. This information is surprising because not a lot of people are familiar with […]
The recent high profile data breaches (such as: Target, Neiman Marcus) that have occurred during the past few months have also helped to increase public awareness of the overall vulnerability their personal information. But, it is very important to remember that identity theft is not just limited to basic debit or credit card theft. Since […]