Protection Against Identity Theft! Stop It Before It Happens To You!
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice hosted a forum to discuss child identity theft. Read more…
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Today marks the launch date of 2 new travel credit cards from Chase; the United MileagePlus® Explorer and the Continental Airlines OnePass® Plus. Since United and Continental have recently mergedpanies, both cards offer a myriad a great benefits that apply to both United and Continental flights.
Both cards offer the same reward payouts—earn 2 miles per $1 spent on United and Continental flights and 1 mile per $1 spent on everything else. You’ll also receive perks ranging from 2 annualplimentary passes to the United Club to checking your first bag free on Continental and United flights. To learn more about these cards and the other travel credit cards we review take a look at our travel cardparison page.
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Sometimes thumbing your nose at the establishment can certainly be liberating. And playing by the rules can be well, boring – especially when you have a message to get across about the injustices inflicted by big business and government. Well, it seems that the rule-makers and powers that be have decided to strike back pretty hard.
In the most visible law enforcement response to the hacker group Anonymous’ high-profile hacks and data breaches, the Federal Bureau of Investigation yesterday announced the arrests of 16 people across the country in connection with strikes carried out by this rogue hacker group.
According to the NY Times, 14 people were charged in connection with an attack on the Web site of the payment service PayPal last December, after the company suspended accounts set up for donating funds to WikiLeaks. The s
Recent mailbox thefts has put postal authorities on high alert and raised concern that customers may be vulnerable to identity theft. These recent thefts have prompted a Federal investigation.
The stolen mailboxes weigh around 200 pounds and were bolted into concrete. There was no way to know who could be vulnerable to identity theft, U.S. Postal Inspector Renee Focht told the Glendale News-Press.
Focht advised concerned postal customers to check their credit reports and contact their banks.
The four mailboxes were taken in less than a week at several San Fernando Valley post offices, including ones in Pacoima, Glendale and Burbank.
Local law enforcement agencies would not comment on mailbox thefts because postal-related crimes are investigated by federal authorities.
To avoid being victims of identity theft, the Los Angeles Police Department advises residents to have new checkbooks sent to a post office box or arrange to pick them up at their bank.
Authorities also advise residents to pay bills with an electronic bill payment service. A
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Q. Is the eDiets program available for full use on iPad? I’m asking this because I found out that Weight Watchers Online does not work for iPad because iPad does not support Flash.
A. Sorry to say, iPad doesn’t support eDiets, either. eDiets says it is working on it, but there is no ETA. Your best bet, if possible, is to use your online diet program on a standardputer.
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