Ask your friends to describe you and each one will probably say something different — about the way you live, what’s important to you, your family, your interests — because your identity is about more than just your name. It’s something uniquely yours; something you’ve worked hard to create for yourself. And we want to help you keep it that way. Here in our Resource Center, you’ll find information that can help you better understand what identity theft is, tips to help you protect yourself from becoming a victim of it, and more — so you can stay uniquely you.
Previously, I blogged on the near epidemic of malware attacks that are currently being aimed at Android based smartphones. The experts say that malware targeting Android-based mobile devices is rapidly growing in both complexity and sophistication and puts users as risk of identity theft. Part of the problem is that [...]
Father’s Day is right around the corner, and even though Dad may have taught you everything he knows about being an adult and acting responsibly, there are still a few things he may have neglected to warn you about when it comes to being a successful adult. Depending on how [...]
For Father’s Day, many folks treated their dads to trips that they maybe have always hoped to take but never had either the time or resources to while they were busy raising a family. Whether it’s taking dad to visit the homeland of their ancestors, a country dad has long been [...]
At the FTC Forum on Senior Identity Theft quite a bit of time was devoted to exploring a little-known, but quickly growing, form of identity theft — government benefits identity theft — a type of crime in which seniors are disproportionally the victims. Seniors are being victimized by scammers who [...]
Recently the Federal Trade Commission held a day-long forum called “Senior Identity Theft — A Problem in This Day and Age.” Although several recent national studies — such as the FTC’s own 2011 Consumer Fraud Survey — have found that seniors represent only a small percentage of identity theft victims [...]
First, let me give you some numbers. In the U.S. there are currently about 129 million smartphones in use, of which about 38 percent are iPhones (Android platform phones significantly outnumber iPhones here). But that still means some 50 million iPhones, give or take, are in use here; and another recent study [...]
One of the annual studies I most anticipate has just come out, and its findings are both informative and frightening. The 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) was compiled by the Verizon RISK team with cooperation from 19 other organizations including Homeland Security and the Secret Service in the U.S., [...]
According to information from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), spring and summer are the most popular seasons for Americans to purchase new homes and relocate. With May being National Moving Month, thousands of people throughout the country will be packing up their belongings and taking up residence at a [...]
If you are like so many parents these days, frantically trying to keep up with the new technology and the social media that has become part of your kids’ lives, I would like to recommend a new book that might be of help. Raising Digital Families for Dummies by Amy [...]