Posts Tagged ‘identity theft prevention’

LifeLock can even protect you from skeezy relatives

Monday, January 5th, 2009

I saw a news story today about a guy in Muncie, Ind. who’s been getting calls about late payments on his new Jeep Cherokee.

Yeah, I know, millions of people get calls like that every day. This guy’s calls are a little special, though, because he doesn’t own a Jeep Cherokee, but a favorite relative of his, Cory S. Kortman, just got a new Jeep Cherokee! Small world, huh? (more…)

Who’s at risk of identity theft?

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Much of the information that makes up the outline of our personal histories exists digitally. We have records, medical charts, college transcripts, military records, county clerk’s files, credit scores, and personnel records. And we’re learning the hard way that we can’t necessarily trust the accidental archivists with our information. (more…)