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50 Ways to Protect Your Identity in a Digital Age: New Financial Threats You Need to Know and How to Avoid Them ,2nd edition::9780133089462

Published by FT Press (October 10, 2012) © 2013

Steve Weisman
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    50 Ways to Protect Your Identity in a Digital Age: New Financial Threats You Need to Know and How to Avoid Them ,2nd edition

    Language: American English

    It is better to stop identity theft from happening in the first place than have to fix or repair the situation afterwards. Steve Weisman reveals the threats of new identity theft attacks based on use of Facebook, iPad, iPhone, Android, cloud apps, iPod, and other new technologies -- and shows you how to protect yourself, or how to fix the damage if you've already been attacked! Discover why ID theft is more dangerous than ever, and discover today's most dangerous new threats -- including attacks targeting medical records, personal finance and online banking sites, the elderly, and military service members. Meet the hackers and organized crime groups who want to steal your identity and money -- and learn how to protect your data and your life! Step by step, Weisman shows how to avoid risks, minimize risks you can't completely avoid, and immediately take the right steps if you're ever victimized. He objectively reviews new products and services that promise to fight identity theft, and previews emerging dangers, such as RFID credit cards. If you use a computer, the Internet, a smartphone, cell phone, tablet, or any other communications device, 50 Ways to Protect Your Identity in a Digital Age isn't just an indispensable wake-up call: it's the world's best resource for protecting yourself!
    Introduction     1
    Chapter 1: Identity Theft     3
    Chapter 2: Making Yourself Less Vulnerable to Identity Theft     25
    Chapter 3: Danger on the Computer and What to Do If You Are the Victim of Identity Theft     43
    Chapter 4: Your Social Security Number--An Identity Thief’s Lucky Number     63
    Chapter 5: Criminal Identity Theft, Taxes--And More Arresting Problems     81
    Chapter 6: Technology, Business, and Government Fight Identity Theft     105
    Chapter 7: Financial Privacy Please: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act     119
    Chapter 8: Credit Reports     127
    Chapter 9: Congress Deals with Credit Reports and Identity Theft: The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act     151
    Chapter 10: Protecting Your Privacy--A Key to Preventing Identity Theft     161
    Chapter 11: ID Theft—Security Software     169
    Chapter 12: The Dangers of Data Breaches     171
    Chapter 13: Identity Theft Insurance--Worth the Price?     181
    Chapter 14: Identity Theft after Death     185
    Chapter 15: Identity Theft and the Elderly     189
    Chapter 16: Identity Theft from Children     195
    Chapter 17: Identity Theft Risks of Smartphones and Other Mobile Devices     201
    Chapter 18: Identity Theft Threats with Credit Cards and Debit Cards     211
    Chapter 19: Medical Identity Theft     219
    Chapter 20: Identity Theft and Social Media     225
    Chapter 21: Form Letters     235
    Chapter 22: Steve’s Rules     273
    Index     281