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• LifeLock advantages for college students: Three July data breaches leave more than 30,000 as ID theft risks

  Just in time for Fall Semester, it’s time to look back on the three data breaches that occurred in July. To be fair, three data breaches in a single month is a pretty good month when you consider that Adam Dodge, who tracks data breaches at educational... Posted Aug 21 2009, 11:51 AM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: LifeLock, data breaches, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, Educational Security Incidents, University of California San Diego, Kansas University, Adam Dodge, Moores Cancer Center

• Speakers Series brings ID theft education to communities nationwide

  Ah, the good old days, when we were innocent enough to believe buying shredders and taking our Social Security numbers off our checks was all we had to do to protect ourselves from identity theft. Alas, the data breach and identity theft headlines make... Posted Apr 21 2009, 10:56 AM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, LifeLock, Data breach, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, how to prevent identity theft, ID theft, data breaches, ID theft protection, Identity Theft Resource Center, Verizon Business Data Breach Investigation Report

• File-sharing software should be called identity sharing software

  A friend of mine has told me more than once how dangerous file sharing software is. I didn’t pay much attention because I don’t download music, so it didn’t make much of an impression on me. Sometimes I have to see it to believe it, but after what I was... Posted Feb 27 2009, 01:11 AM by IdentityTheft with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: LifeLock, File sharing software, Natalie Morales, Todd Davis, The Today Show

• Tax season, Part IV: Data breach risks

  The first three installments focused on identity theft risks over which you have considerable control: your mail, your household and your email. This final installment pertains to the risk of a computer data breach that exposes your personal and financial... Posted Jan 16 2009, 01:06 PM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, LifeLock, Data breach, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, how to prevent identity theft, ID theft, data breaches, Chronology of Data Breaches, IT security, information security, ID theft protection, identity thieves, Identity Theft Resource Center, filing your taxes, tax time, W2, W-2, W2s, W-2s, tax season, tax return, Turbo Tax

• My prediction: 2009 to be good year for weight loss; bad year for identity theft

  “This year I’m going to eat healthier, work out more and lose weight.” Sound familiar? (I made the same resolutions last year and still gained 10 pounds. I’ve taken it off again already, but haven’t lost any of the weight I resolved to lose last year... Posted Jan 07 2009, 01:30 PM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, LifeLock, Data breach, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, how to prevent identity theft, WalletLock, ID theft, Attrition.org, data breaches, Chronology of Data Breaches, IT security, ID theft protection, identity thieves, New Year's resolutions

• Ohio State University experiences first reported data breach ... twice

  Ohio State University sent out data breach notices last week to roughly 18,000 current and former students, alerting them that their personal information, including addresses and at least partial Social Security numbers, had been posted on the Internet... Posted Jan 05 2009, 12:09 PM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, LifeLock, Data breach, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, ID theft, data breaches, ID theft protection, OSU, Ohio State University

• Good customer service shouldn't include identity theft

  "Thank you for calling. May I have your account number, please?" Sometimes you have no choice but to give out personal or financial information over the phone. Have a question about your credit card account? Want to increase the minutes on your... Posted Dec 09 2008, 05:51 PM by IdentityTheft with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: identity theft, LifeLock identity theft protection, LifeLock, Data breach, LifeLock ID theft protection, Life Lock, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, ID theft, data breaches, customer service, good customer service

• News Flash! Laptops and mobile data devices to blame for half of all data breaches!

  Brendon Lynch, Microsoft’s director of privacy strategy, delivered this bit of news you already knew at the Privacy and ID Theft Conference in Vancouver last week. He also made the dubious statement that businesses were protecting our personal information... Posted Dec 05 2008, 09:40 AM by IdentityTheft with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: identity theft, LifeLock identity theft protection, LifeLock, Data breach, LifeLock ID theft protection, Life Lock, identity theft protection, ID theft, Privacy and ID Theft Conference, Brendon Lynch

• It's all about your wallet

  Pickpockets, strap-slashers and food court loiterers know that once they get their hands on your wallet they have everything they need to assume your identity. Here’s what you do to thwart the sleazebags: • Stay alert, especially during the holiday season... Posted Dec 04 2008, 11:29 AM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, LifeLock identity theft protection, LifeLock, LifeLock ID theft protection, Life Lock, preventing identity theft, identity theft protection, how to prevent identity theft, WalletLock, ID theft

• Florida agency posts 250,000 names, SSNs to website

  The following article is about yet another data breach. The loss and exposure of personal data is one of the reasons all Americans are vulnerable to identity theft and need identity theft protection like that offered by LifeLock. More than a quarter million... Posted Dec 03 2008, 01:58 PM by IdentityTheft with | with no comments Filed under: identity theft, LifeLock identity theft protection, Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, LifeLock, Data breach, LifeLock ID theft protection, Life Lock