In the New Economy, You Don’t Buy a Product: You Are...

How much would you pay to secure your personal information from data farmers and marketers -- and anyone that might be able to hack...

Should You Buy a Tablet for Your Kid?

There isn't a holiday season that goes by that most parents aren't treated to the seasonal joy of caroling neighbors and cajoling children. There's...

What We Can Learn From the Healthcare.gov Debacle

In a House committee hearing this week, several security experts agreed with committee Republicans that it would be better to shut down Healthcare.gov than...

4 Ways to Avoid Charity and Disaster Relief Scams

It is virtually impossible to see the devastation after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines or last weekend's tornadoes in the Midwest, and not feel...

Why the Adobe Hack Scares Me — And Why It Should...

If you're one of those folks who believed that "it will never happen to me," when it comes to identity theft, the hack of...

New Identity Theft Victims: The Denver Broncos Cheerleaders

In this day and age, the question is no longer whether or not your identity will be stolen – it’s when it will get...

Baby Boomers Beware: Scammers Are After Your Parents’ Money

It's no great secret that I'm a big fan of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its crucial work to help improve our financial...

4 Simple Things to Do Every Year to Save Money

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For many people, managing finances feels like an overwhelming task. Our lives are incredibly busy as it is, and folks in my line of...

What Your Search History Says About You (And How to Shut...

With this week's revelation that the NSA secretly hacked into the data centers that power Google and Yahoo users' emails and documents (allowing them...

Could Law Enforcement Leverage Facebook Data to Identify You?

Facebook's privacy policies have always been the subject of debate among its users -- especially when they change, as they did this month for...