Shopping Online

There's nothing like shopping online. You can do tons and tons of research, verify and compare prices, and even get e-mail alerts when the prices of certain items drop! All without having to run from store to store and deal with salespeople.

Along with these advantages comes risk however. If your payment information is captured during trasmission. Or, as is more likely the case, a store stores your credit card details against your will for "future use" and then loses it in a data breach (as in the TJX example).

However, there are several things you can do to benefit from the good while avoiding the bad:

If you like to keep your money and safe yourself the trouble and hassle of getting nailed by a bad or fraudulent retailer online, you need to learn to identify them before it's too late.
Before you buy anything, utilize the vast power of the Internet to research products and pick the best one possible.
You're about to pay for something, but what's the safest way to do it?

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Once you've gone through the trouble to make an online account with a company, make sure you protect your passwords properly

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Too Late!

If you've already become a victim, here is a list of things you should do.

Solving ID Theft

Lock your credit reports with a Credit Freeze to prevent credit-based ID theft (90% of ID theft risk).
Learn to protect your information to prevent not only ID theft, but many other kinds of problems (the rest of ID theft risk).

Save Time and Money

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Who is Responsible?

Sometimes you just have to wonder why it's so easy to steal identities in the first place.

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Validating Webstores and Services

It can be hard to know who to trust and who to not trust online, but there are things you can do to verify who the good guys and bad guys are before it's too late.

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Research Products

One of the best things about shopping online is the ability to research information online.

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Paying Online

Ever been nervous about paying online for something. Just take a second to learn about the various options and put your mind at ease.

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The Identity Theft Victim's Mini-Guide to Recovery

If you've already experienced ID theft, here are some tips of what to do next.

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Credit Freeze

Setting a credit report freeze is the fastest and most effective way to actually block and reduce your risk of ID Theft. And it's free.

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Out and About Defense

The best defense against non-credit ID Theft and a variety of other risks is to adopt a mindset of protection: Data Defense. Learn how to protect your information with simple and sometimes free countermeasures all based on a simple philosophy that the less people who have your information, the safer you are.

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