January 25, 2013

Concerned about Credit Security?

Hardly a week goes by without a major security breech somewhere in the U.S. Although consumer slip ups in security practices may be the cause of ID theft or credit misuse, often it is a theft of data beyond the control of the consumer. Utah suffered a major breech of health data in March 2012. Victims are often offered a year of free credit monitoring service.
However, it much better to prevent the breech rather than be notified and have to deal with the messy and time consuming clean up process. A Security Freeze is a better approach. It is also advised for persons who don't anticipate applying for credit in the near future who want to protect themselves. Read more at: http://www.consumersunion.org/campaigns//learn_more/003484indiv.html

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