Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 25, 2012
Consumers across the country are reporting a growing number of scams that trick renters into paying upfront fees for apartments that don’t exist or the advertiser of the apartment doesn’t have the right to rent it. Here’s how the scam works. The scammer will copy an ad for an apartment rental from a public site [...]
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 16, 2012
One of the most troubling trends in the seemingly endless growth in identity theft is the emergence of small but professional identity theft rings that are very good at what they do and rarely get caught. These rings can range in size from a single person overseeing every step of the process, to hundreds of [...]
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 29, 2011
Whether it is this week or next, a new school year is about to begin. Your child, regardless of the grade, now faces a who new year of challenges, both academic and emotional. While parents tend to focus more on the obstacles at hand — time for homework, time for extra-cxurricular activities, what your child [...]
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Posted by: Matt Sarrel in: ● August 24, 2011
As identity theft against children continues to appear as a growing issue online and in mainstream media outlets, IDGuardian is reposting some of our previous articles concerning minors and keeping their personal data safe. The importance of safeguarding one’s personally identifying information (PII) came to the forefront of society’s attention during the massive Sony data breach [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 22, 2011
With two weeks of summer remaining, our attentions begin to turn to what is coming after the extended Labor Day weekend. There is the weather turning to cooler (and after our summer here, welcomed) temperatures. For sports fans it’s The World Series in baseball, while football fans (thankfully) look forward to the beginning of the [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 17, 2011
With identity theft against children a growing issue online and in mainstream media outlets, IDGuardian is reposting some of our previous articles concerning minors and keeping their personal data safe. It may seem that assuring your child’s personally identifying information (PII) is easy to keep secure, but it can be pretty hard to do as [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 15, 2011
With a new school year about to start and identity theft against children on the rise, we have brought out from our archives a few choice articles concerning minors and keeping their personal data safe. It may seem that assuring your child’s personally identifying information (PII) is easy to keep secure. Perhaps you have their [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● August 1, 2011
As home buying and selling activity increases, and so does the risk of identity theft as personally identifiable information (PII) is shuffled around from one home to the next. During this busy time, buyers and renters become preoccupied with financing their new homes, closing and opening new banking and utility accounts, and packing and moving—all [...]
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Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● July 26, 2011
As the smartphone evolves into a pocket computer capable of managing everything from routine workplace tasks to personal banking, security and privacy are becoming more prevalent in the spotlight. And while you might think security would be the number-one concern for most users, apparently that’s not the case. In a survey conducted in April of [...]
Posted by: Megan Howard in: ● July 18, 2011
My son, Ace, is 12, and he wants to be on Facebook. I told him “No” because the regulations of Facebook state that you have to be at least 13 years old to have an account. Ace protested that his friends all have Facebook accounts and they aren’t 13. I told him, “The fact these [...]
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