Adam Levin

The database compromise club has a new member. Mazel Tov, Cord Blood Registry. You are the latest organization to fail in your responsibility to...

And so, we begin anew. During the Great Congressional Financial Services Smackdown of 2009 and 2010, Illinois Democrat Richard Durbin inspired fellow Senators to pass...

This week, in honor of National Consumer Protection Week, Credit.com is highlighting a number of issues to raise consumer awareness.  Credit.com chairman and co-founder...

Identity theft can happen to anyone, anywhere—and under an almost endless array of circumstances. Every year, various organizations like the Federal Trade Commission, Javelin, Gartner,...

The CARD Act has a provision that puts some limitations on marketing and granting credit cards to folks under the age of 21. The provision...

I understand that deregulators are committed to an ideology. We all need something to believe in, after all, and they believe in the power...

In law school, I was taught – as are all aspiring lawyers – to perfect the art of arguing any and/or all sides of...

For those who say that identity theft isn’t a big deal, that it can generally be resolved by making a few phone calls to...

You have to appreciate genius. You also have to scratch your head and ask whether the inmates (literally) are running the asylum. On January 20,...

At first blush one might be cheered by the results of the newly released Javelin Strategy & Research 2010 Identity Fraud Survey Report. The Good...

I know, the threat of identity theft may still seem abstract to you. What does identity theft really mean, anyway? A big arrest in...

This week, tens of thousands of hysterical Steelers and Packers devotees are descending upon Arlington Stadium in Texas — ready to party like it...

In five short years we’ve gone from no borrower left behind, to no borrower left standing… and even those borrowers who somehow managed to...

As long as I can remember, most consumers have regarded credit as the destroyer of worlds—a scary black cloud hovering over us all—and the...

Just how many Americans have been victims of identity theft? No one really knows, but rest assured it’s more than a handful. The FTC estimates...

Meet Dave. He’s a homeowner in Sarasota, Florida who recently contacted Credit.com looking for help. Dave can’t afford his mortgage payments and he’s been damned...

One of the highest priorities of this nation must be the passionate and zealous defense of our defenders. With hundreds of thousands of American...

In the last two years, consumers were the beneficiaries of more financial reform legislation than America has seen in generations. Over the recalcitrant foot-dragging...

The list of major American consumer brands that have suffered data breaches this year has grown by one in the last few weeks. But it’s...

Earlier this month the Federal Trade Commission formally announced a new world order that would provide more privacy options for Internet users. The cornerstone of...