Digital Security 101

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Identity Theft

What Can Someone Do With Your Driver’s License or ID?

Your ID contains enough sensitive personal information to steal your identity, access your bank accounts, and forge official documents in your name.

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July 9, 2025
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Identity Theft

How To Recover From Identity Theft: Step-by-Step Guide

The identity theft recovery process involves freezing your credit, filing an official report, disputing fraudulent transactions and securing your accounts.

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June 27, 2025
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Identity Theft

How To Fully Remove Your Information From Whitepages

The Whitepages opt-out process can help protect your privacy — but is it enough? Learn how to best protect your data and identity.

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June 19, 2024
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Identity Theft

How To Check If Someone Is Illegally Using Your Name

Stolen and leaked information can be used at any moment. Keep tabs on your identity by regularly checking the places where scammers may try to use it.

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June 10, 2024
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Identity Theft

BeenVerified Opt-Out Guide: How To Remove Your Info For Good

BeenVerified collects and sells personal data that can put you at risk of spam — and scams. Follow this guide to remove your information for good.

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April 26, 2024
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Identity Theft

Is Kroll Monitoring Legitimate? What You Need to Know

Kroll provides identity monitoring to customers of companies impacted by data breaches — but its lack of features could make you think twice before signing up.

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April 25, 2024
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Identity Theft

Identity Fraud vs. Identity Theft: What You Need To Know

While identity theft and identity fraud are similar, there are nuances between the two crimes that you should know about in order to stay safe.

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April 17, 2024
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Identity Theft

TruthFinder Opt-Out Guide: How To Actually Remove Your Data

Removing your personal data from TruthFinder isn’t as simple as the company would have you believe. Here’s what you need to know in order to stay private.

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April 17, 2024

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