As the final semester for high school seniors is upon us, you and your teenager are probably becoming more excited about the new frontiers ahead. It becomes a part of your routine to talk about colleges, courses, and tuition fees for the upcoming school year. And when you have some free time, you personally visit several campuses with your child. Going to co [...]

The “confidential” employment data at the hands of your employer may not be as secure as you want them to be. Personnel records, resumes, job applications, and other types of employee information are usually assumed to be filed in company offices or secure database. Unfortunately, sometimes this data is stored in locations vulnerable to identity [...]

In today’s internet age, it seems that all e-commerce and payment portal websites are asking for your personal information. While giving your personal details to trusted sites like PayPal.com isn’t a problem, a lot of fraudsters are taking advantage of this trust. This is where phishing scams come into play. Phishing is a method where an internet [...]

Immediately after you find out that your identity has been stolen, there are things to be done quickly to minimize the damage of identity theft and fraud. First, it is important to contact law enforcement agencies, financial firms, and credit reporting agencies to inform them of the event. Keep a log of the names of the persons you contacted, their phone num [...]

Any heavy computer user has seen it before: banners that announce the risks of computer viruses and how installing anti-virus software can protect against it. However, instead of protecting, majority of these anti-virus programs actually do more harm than good. A number of these types of software make users more vulnerable to identity theft fraud. Millions [...]