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ConsumerSay: Just Say No?
Apr 2, 2008 by Tom Fragala
Consumerist has a blog post about a service called ConsumerSay that pays you $20 to hand over a lot of sensitive personal information, including credit card accounts. They use this data to track your habits and understand consumer behavior and...
Truston Wins Info Security Products Guide Award
Apr 9, 2008 by Tom Fragala
After being named a 2008 Hot Company in January, we just received another industry award. This time it is specifically for our patent-pending myTruston web-based technology and was given by the Information Security Products Guide. This program is called the...
What steps to take if you are a victim of identity theft?
Apr 11, 2008 by Tom Fragala
Wrong question. If you are expecting to see a list here of several things to do if you are a victim of identity theft, look elsewhere (although you'll probably get bad advice). Why? Because asking what steps to take if...
Non-profit data breach tracking site ends service
Apr 11, 2008 by Tom Fragala
Attrition.org, a non-profit hobby site, has shuttered its news service. They had become one of the "go to" information sources on security and data breaches. Here is an excerpt of their explanation for the shut down (although they leave the...
Fraud alerts do NOT require lenders to contact you
Apr 13, 2008 by Tom Fragala
The misconception that fraud alerts by law require that you be contacted continues on unabated. In fact, a fraud alert is just words on your credit report. Can it be effective in some cases? Yes. Are fraud alerts some kind...
Sign the Back of Credit Cards or Not?
Apr 24, 2008 by Tom Fragala
One common tip I have heard is that you should not sign the back of your credit cards or write something in its place asking that ID be checked. What should you do? Well, the right question to me is "Is...
Military ID cards will finally have SSN blocked
Apr 26, 2008 by Tom Fragala
ITRC points out that the Department of Defense will finally begin blocking out Social Security numbers on military ID's, dog tags, clothing and military records. About time don't you think? Just imagine the number of cards, documents, and more that...