The Federal Trade Commission created a lovely little ecard to send to mom sometime this week.  It has some tips and links to remind her to keep her personal information safe.
Check it out here.  Be sure to send it to moms, aunts, sisters and anyone else you care about.  You can also include this link for [...]

   Recently I was asked two questions about the safety of financial information when paying bills or getting a tax refund.  Because protecting your personal information is an important part of growing your credit rating and getting better credit scores, I wanted to share and expand on this topic.
1. How safe is it to give [...]

It’s the final days before taxes are due and identity thieves are ready.  Our tips to protect your credit at tax time were featured this week on KGUN9, the Tucson ABC affiliate.  Click the ‘Play’ arrow at the bottom left side of the video screen to see it.
 
 
The complete list of tax time tips can be [...]

   Even when you’re on vacation, you need to use identity theft prevention tactics to help preserve your good credit.
BEFORE YOU GO
1) Decide which credit card you’re going to take with you.  You probably don’t need ALL of your credit cards and in the event something happens, you’ll only have to cancel one.  Have the customer [...]

  Well, the figures for 2007 are in.  There were 656 data breaches reported last year, up 47% from the 2007 figure of 446, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC).  These breaches involved over 35 million records, with insider theft more than doubling from 2007 to 2008.  And the outlook for 2009 isn’t [...]

  If you have a credit card of any type, you probably have received a Privacy Notice from the credit card company, usually included with one of your monthly statements.  It is a typical corporate notice, identifiable by the tiny print on several pages of legal sounding disclosures.  If you are like most people, it [...]