If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or get new posts via email. Thanks for visiting!As I’ve mentioned a number of times whether talking about identity theft concerns, new privacy controls on Facebook, or Facebook applications stealing data, identity theft is a growing concern on social networks.
To that […]

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They say that the best defense is a good offense, and it holds true here: the best way to fight identity theft is to prevent it from happening in the first place.
Here are some ways to prevent identity theft:
Watch Your Garbage
Shred, shred, and shred again.  The first thing you need is a good cross-cut shredder.  […]

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Over the next 3 days I will be exploring what the FTC considers to be the “3 D’s” to combat Identity Theft.
The Three D’s are:

Deter: Minimize your Risk
Detect Identity Theft
Defend: Recover from Identity Theft

Stay tuned for Deter today and Detect & Defend over the next 2!

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