Truston and their privacy-friendly approach [is] an excellent alternative for those wary of handing their sensitive data over to a third party company.

The writer continued:

If instead, you would prefer not to hand another party your sensitive data, which quite honestly is the camp that I fit into, then Truston, or a service like it, will let you know what you have to do to prevent or remediate identity theft and they will track your progress.

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