Adam Levin

Identity thieves don’t want you to read this article. They’ve made an entire industry out of living off of other peoples’ good names. And when...

The harvesting of personal details blithely posted on social media sites continues. Some of the parties doing this harvesting have criminal intent. One manifested outcome...

Adam Levin spoke with Lynda Baquero at NBC New York about online scams targeting people trying to book hotel rooms. "They are creating, effectively,...

When it comes to privacy, not all states are alike. This was confirmed yet again last week in the 50 State Compendium of Unclaimed...

If you’ve checked your spam folder recently, you know that offers of student loan debt relief have exploded right along with the student loan...

Retirement sounds exciting, but it can actually be a difficult landscape to understand and navigate. A retirement calculator can help guide your savings goals,...

You may already know that every state has an unclaimed funds website that aims to reunite unclaimed property with the rightful owners. However, in...

As cybercriminals become more skilled, the privacy practices at many organizations have not kept apace. In the State Compendium of Unclaimed Property Practices that...

In the past several years, millions of U.S. taxpayers have experienced the frustration of attempting to file their taxes, only to find that someone...

A debt collector with ties to one of the nation’s largest private hospital chains spent yearsviolating basic provisions of the Fair Debt Collections Practices...

Adam Levin was interviewed recently by ESPN Radio New York about the alleged hacking of the Houston Astros by the St. Louis Cardinals where...

The CFPB also warned parents about other provisions of private student loans. Some lenders have a list of criteria that permanently bars co-signers from...

An 18-year-old looking to purchase his first car. A young woman applying for the student loan that will put her through college. A foster youth aging...

When it comes to losing data to hackers, the federal government appears to have much more leeway than private corporations in deciding what to...

The largest union for government employees says the massive cyberattack on the government’s Office of Personnel Management was much worse than the Obama administration...

True or False? There was no way the Office of Personnel Management could have prevented hackers from stealing the sensitive personal information of 4.1...

From government surveillance and behavior-based advertising, to social media and search-engine tracking, there are plenty of ways for Americans to lose their privacy online....

Last week, the Internal Revenue Service revealed that a group of organized criminals effectively walked through their front door and used an application on...

Most of us don’t think twice about opening and maintaining multiple free email accounts where we live out our digital lives. And we’re getting more...

Deborah is trying to clean up her credit so she can purchase a home. But it’s not proving easy. In particular, three collection accounts...