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4 Big Problems With Social Security Numbers
A Social Security number is like a skeleton key -- able to unlock a kingdom of untold riches for identity thieves. It is the central piece of data needed to hijack our credit, steal...
9 Ways To Better Protect Your Identity When You Are Away From Home
I commissioned a poll last month to sample, among other things, people’s attitudes about identity theft. I was both surprised and disappointed to see that 4 of 10 people surveyed believe that the threat...
‘The Best Form Of Consumer Protection? Self-Protection’
We can debate — if you want — whether the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was necessary. (I think it was.) But there is absolutely no doubt that its director Richard Cordray has...
5 Money Lessons Every New Graduate Needs to Know
Yes my friends, it's that time of year again. No, not allergy season -- graduation. That seminal moment in our lives when, in ceremonies of varying degrees of pomp and circumstance, our elders pass...
Hate Universal Background Checks? Meet the Gun Score
A sufficiently large minority of the U.S. Senate demonstrated their Orwellian allegiance to the gun lobby last week -- or their fear of it -- by blocking several commonsense measures that would have expanded...
Are Your Employees Accessing Or Stealing Your Company’s Private Information? Probably.
Here’s depressing news for all those who thought our corporate data was safe. It isn’t.
And one of the biggest threats is coming from the inside.
LogRhythm, a cyber threat defense firm, surveyed some 2,000 employees...
OCC Ya! The Government Agency That Should Fine Itself
This just in from the "It Couldn't Possibly Get Any Worse" Department: The first wave of checks from the bungled foreclosure abuse settlement landed in mailboxes around the country this week, but when people...
The Tax Form That Could Save Your Refund From Thieves
The Bible tells us, "It is better to give than to receive." Most Americans don't feel that way on April 15. But when the Lord (a.k.a., an IRS algorithm) shines his countenance upon us...
The Biggest Credit Mistake People Make (Plus 3 Tips)
Some credit mistakes are obvious. Everybody knows the big one: Failing to pay your bills on time. If you're looking to wreck your credit score, there's no faster way.
Some credit mistakes aren't so obvious....
Obama Proposes Credit Score Stimulus: Everyone Gets a Perfect 850
Flanked by leaders from the credit industry and Congress, President Barack Obama announced today that he has signed an executive order designed to open up the consumer credit markets and give a boost to...