Simple Steps To Protect Your Privacy
According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity-theft complaints are up 185% since 2001. Protecting your privacy consists of a few common sense items, consisting of a combination of common sense and street smarts.
Credit-report freezing, which prevents anyone new from viewing your report or issuing credit in your name, is now available in all 50 states and involves mailing a request to all three major credit-reporting agencies.
The Do Not Call Registry is currently 145 million phone numbers strong. Enforcing the law, the FTC recently levied $7.7 million in fines against companies that skirted it. To keep your number private, make sure it’s on the Registry.
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