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On Monday, Equifax settled with the US Federal Trade Commission over its 2017 data breach, which affected 147 million Americans. The settlement of up to $700 million includes as much as $425 million for individual compensation. With so many Americans affected, it's very likely you could qualify for some form of compensation as a result of the settlement. And with so many names, addresses, birthdates and Social Security numbers leaked, you could still be at long-term risk for identity theft.

...Spring Hill, Fla.-based Chrysler dealership, Marvin Hedrick has had his fair share of skeptical (and unhappy) clients, especially when he has to turn someone down for an auto loan or break the bad news that they'll have to pay a much higher interest rate than they expected. It's an issue Hedrick deals with all too often: Car buyers walk into his office with an inflated sense of their creditworthiness and he has to burst their bubble. Recently, a client came in armed with a copy of a credit report that said her score was 640. When Hedrick pulled the report,...

(CBS4) ― For the eighth straight year, the Federal Trade Commission reports that identity theft is the No. 1 consumer complaint it receives. According to the FTC, nearly 23,000 people become victims of identity theft every day. Now consumers can sign up with several different companies that all promise to help protect their identity. How well do they work? CBS4 found out, when it picked three popular companies and put them to the test. The first company is LifeLock. The CEO of LifeLock actually publishes his social security number to promote his company's ability to protect a person's identity. The...

Posted: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 12:54:00 +0000 Lifelock Vs TrustedID By Puripong Koomsin Each year, the cost of Identity Theft amounts to over 50 Million US Dollars and these numbers are steadily rising. Identity theft has been one of the most expensive crimes in the United States, costing both the government and individuals such a huge amount of money. Even though the crime is rising in numbers, most people still think that it may just be a result of isolated cases that have been blown out of proportion by the government and agencies that tend to gain from them. That...