Archive for Identity Theft
Online Bargains Aren’t Always Great Deals Check The Details First
Posted by: | CommentsBlack Friday has come and gone. Cyber Monday is history. Yet, online shopping continues in full force. Various reports suggest that online shopping has increased dramatically this year, likely due to the increasing usage of broadband connections in the home, and the draw of huge savings secretly located on the Internet if you can just find the right combination of coupon codes, discount websites,... Read more→
Preventing Identity Theft – Paper Shredder Files and Documents
Posted by: | CommentsIdentity theft can happen in a lot of different ways. Some of them are difficult to avoid, if not impossible. Others are easily preventable with a little knowledge, experience, and understanding, plus a little bit of effort. Preventing identity theft with a paper shredder to destroy junk mail and other documents is an important start. Shred Records Files and Documents to Protect Against Identity Theft One... Read more→
Government Mortgage Help Programs Scams and Deceptive Marketing and Mailings
Posted by: | CommentsIt was with much fanfare last month that Congress and the Obama administration passed laws putting into effect government programs to help American homeowners with their mortgages. Both The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, and The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act were front page news all over the country. A lot of this publicity was due to the fact that Americans have started to perceive... Read more→
Here Comes Your Annual Privacy Notice
Posted by: | CommentsThe much ballyhooed law passed a few years ago that was supposed to address all the privacy concerns out there regarding banks, brokerages, utilities, mortgage companies, and other companies that you do business with requires that all companies send you a privacy notice at least once per year. In that privacy notice you mush be given the right to opt out of certain kinds of information sharing... Read more→
