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If you follow this blog, you know we find Consumer Reports to be a valuable resource for reliable information.  While you are budgeting for your holiday gifts, we hope you are relieved to hear you can bypass the ID theft protection products on the market.  According to Consumer Reports, Americans spent $3.5 billion in 2010…

In the latest issue of Consumer Reports, the experts responded with a definitve yes when asked whether fianancial records for closed accounts of parents who died several years ago pose an identity theft danger. Quoting their response, “Thieves have stolen IDs of the dead, but your biggest risk is that there might be something in…

This past Saturday was Earth Hour–a celebration to bring awareness to the limited resources and the preciousness of our home planet–Earth. Earth Hour is a worldwide movement for the planet organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The event is held worldwide annually encouraging individuals, communities, households and businesses to turn off their…

Here it is—Labor Day! Time to put away the bathing suits and get back into our business suits. As always, rule #1 when it comes to identity theft best practices is always be wary and mindful of scams. One that never seems to go away and has the goal of scaring small-business owners and corporations…

In this week of the launch of healthcare exchanges we turn to a regular go to for our Blog to publicize the most timely identity theft protection information is the The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). In a recent article, the President & CEO Eva Velasquez voiced concerns regarding the potential for new scams concerning…