The last worry on a parent’s mind is protecting their child’s identity. But from the time your child receives a social security number – their personal information needs to be protected. Periodically checking children’s credit report is important. Just days after they are born… children receive a social security number… and immediately become vulnerable to [ Read More ]
Archive for February, 2014
Children are fastest-growing sector of identity theft victims
Comments Off on Children are fastest-growing sector of identity theft victimsYahoo email account passwords stolen
Comments Off on Yahoo email account passwords stolenThe company says it believes the usernames and passwords weren’t collected from its own systems, but from a third-party database. NEW YORK — Yahoo said Thursday that usernames and passwords of its email customers have been stolen and used to access accounts, but the company isn’t saying how many accounts have been affected. Yahoo is [ Read More ]
Facebook Is Using You
Comments Off on Facebook Is Using YouLAST week, Facebook filed documents with the government that will allow it to sell shares of stock to the public. It is estimated to be worth at least $75 billion. But unlike other big-ticket corporations, it doesn’t have an inventory of widgets or gadgets, cars or phones. Facebook’s inventory consists of personal data — yours [ Read More ]