50 ways to protect your identity in a digital age : new financial threats you need to know and how to avoid them /
Weisman, Steve
50 ways to protect your identity in a digital age : new financial threats you need to know and how to avoid them / Steve Weisman - 2nd ed. - Upper Saddle River,NJ. : FT Press, c2013 - xix, 296 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes index
Identity theft -- Making yourself less vulnerable to identity theft -- Danger on the computer and what to do if you are the victim of identity theft -- Your social security number--an identity thief’s lucky number -- Criminal identity theft, taxes--and more arresting problems -- Technology, business, and government fight identity theft -- Financial privacy please: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act -- Credit reports -- Congress deals with credit reports and identity theft: The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act -- Protecting your privacy--a key to preventing identity theft -- ID theft--security software -- The dangers of data breaches -- Identity theft insurance--worth the price? -- Identity theft after death -- Identity theft and the elderly -- Identity theft from children -- Identity theft risks of smartphones and other mobile devices -- Identity theft threats with credit cards and debit cards -- Medical identity theft -- Identity theft and social media -- Form letters -- Steve’s rules.
9780133089073
Identity theft--Prevention--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Consumer credit--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Credit ratings z United States v Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Privacy, Right of--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Records--Access control--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
50 ways to protect your identity in a digital age : new financial threats you need to know and how to avoid them / Steve Weisman - 2nd ed. - Upper Saddle River,NJ. : FT Press, c2013 - xix, 296 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes index
Identity theft -- Making yourself less vulnerable to identity theft -- Danger on the computer and what to do if you are the victim of identity theft -- Your social security number--an identity thief’s lucky number -- Criminal identity theft, taxes--and more arresting problems -- Technology, business, and government fight identity theft -- Financial privacy please: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act -- Credit reports -- Congress deals with credit reports and identity theft: The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act -- Protecting your privacy--a key to preventing identity theft -- ID theft--security software -- The dangers of data breaches -- Identity theft insurance--worth the price? -- Identity theft after death -- Identity theft and the elderly -- Identity theft from children -- Identity theft risks of smartphones and other mobile devices -- Identity theft threats with credit cards and debit cards -- Medical identity theft -- Identity theft and social media -- Form letters -- Steve’s rules.
9780133089073
Identity theft--Prevention--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Consumer credit--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Credit ratings z United States v Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Privacy, Right of--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Records--Access control--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.