Identity Theft Myths Part 2of3 During PYIW

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

The National Foundation for Credit Counselors, which sponsors Protect Your Identity Week, has compiled a number of identity theft myths. To support their efforts, the Santa Fe Group Vendor Council Awareness and Education Subcommittee has helped to clarify some common misinformation with regards ...

Identity Theft and Free Public Wi-Fi — Beware

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

What do free public Wi-Fi and identity theft have in common? A lot! Once thought a harmless activity, surfing the Internet and checking your email in your favorite coffee shop, turns out to be dangerous to your personal information and security. Learn how to prevent identity theft while surfing ...

Workplace Identity Theft: Shredding Best Practices

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Workplace identity theft isn’t caused by paper documents because we have gone paperless, right? Rubbish. Paper rubbish, in fact. You and I both know that we use as much paper as ever. We sign up for electronic statements and then print and file them, along with important emails, ...

The Scourge of Medical Identity Theft

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Medical identity theft can make you sick. When I was asked by the reporter on the CBS Early Show, "If medical identity theft happens to you"...and I eloquently responded "You're screwed", and amazingly it made the edits to air. Because in sum, it's true.Medical identity theft occurs when someone uses ...