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Protect Your Identity from Being Stolen

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Protecting your information from being stolen is a better strategy than trying to correct your credit afterward. From social media sites, to government agencies, your risk of identity theft continues to increase.

What do you do? Follow the steps in the “7 Essential Personal Information Protection Strategies.” You can get this special report when you sign up for our newsletter.

In addition, be sure to stay up-to-date on the latest news, updates and developments when it comes to protecting your identity. I’ve ...

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Personal Information Protection News 9 July 2010

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Protecting your personal information from identity theft has never been harder… and more important. Everyday brings; news of new laws invading your privacy, new capabilities to ‘spy’ on you, and reports of information being stolen or compromised in one way or another.

What to do? Just like self defense, protecting your personal information requires vigilance. It requires you remain or become an informed consumer. You might think things ‘should’ be different, but they’re not.

Identity theft is the consequence of poor personal ...

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Protect Yourself By Supervising Your Children

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Protecting yourself and your identity are of little value if your children don’t follow the same guidelines. But if your child is using an unprotected computer to post family travel details and other inappropriate personal information, to a social media site, all your efforts may be in vain.

For instance, you may be responsible by:personal information security

  • Using strong passwords
  • Using anti-virus software
  • Reading the Fine Print
  • Shredding documents, CD’s and credit ...
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How Credit Cards Can Protect You

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Using credit cards can strengthen your personal protection. While appearing to be the same, there are significant differences between credit cards and debit cards.

A big Caveat…

However, this strategy does come with a big caveat.

  • If you have the discipline to pay off your balance each month, then this strategy is for you.
  • If you’re prone to over-spending and need to limit temptation, this may not be the best strategy.

Only you can decide… it’s your money.

It comes down to liability and control.

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Protect Your Identity with Credit Monitoring

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Lenders use your credit score to determine your “credit worthiness.” This score impacts interest rate charges you are quote based on your risk to the lender.

The US government provides for its citizens to get a free annual credit report. This is a good idea for anyone and you can learn more here.

The first thing you want to do is make sure the entries are accurate. If not, review the government’s website on how to fix any inaccuracies.

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How To Protect Your Identity with a Shredder

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Using a shredder is a simple, inexpensive way to protect your personal information and further minimize your chance of becoming a victim of identity theft.

Yes, we live in the digital age, but you still receive plenty of personal information in the mail.

You may still receive bank, mortgage and credit card information. These contain your ...

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Protect Your Information by Reading the Fine Print

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You can better protect your personal information, and identity, simply by reading the fine print (RTFP).

Facebook has received a lot of bad press about their privacy practices. They share a lot of your personal information with hundreds, perhaps thousands of vendors.

People were upset to learn that information they thought of theirs, became the property of Facebook and other social media sites.
There were stories of uploaded personal pictures showing up on billboards as advertisements.

$30 million for your photos

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Protect Your Identity with Anti-Virus Software

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Using anti-virus software to protect your identity is one of the best, and cheapest, investments you can make.

What is it…

Anti-virus software is used to detect, prevent, and remove malicious software (malware) from your computer. This includes computer viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.

Anti-virus software may also prevent and remove advertising-supported software (adware), spyware, and other forms of malware.

What is malware…

Adware can monitor your internet browsing habits and display relevant advertising based on your interests.

It might not seem that dangerous, but you ...

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Protect Your Identity with Strong Passwords

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Using strong passwords can help protect you from identity theft.

Passwords go back thousands of years. They were used to gain access to restricted areas or resources. Sentries would challenge those wishing access for the “password.”

I even used verbal passwords in the military. When approaching a friendly camp on foot, I would be challenged with a question and had to reply with the correct “passphrase” to gain access to their camp.

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Personal Protection Strategies: Where To Start

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When you consider your personal protection strategies, one of the first things to set up is protecting your personal information, or you risk identity theft.

I know all the bodyguard, secret service-like tactics are intriguing – remember, I served 8 years in special ops – but like I learned in my secret training, the best self defense is no self defense.

For my personal protection, I’d rather not have an engagement then have to defend myself against one.  Hand-to-hand combat  in the ...

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