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Adam Levin

5 Places Where You Should Never Give Your Social Security Number

Every time you go to a new doctor or dentist and they give you a clipboard brimming with documents to …

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Did Consumer Reports Get It Wrong on ID Theft?

We commissioned a national poll last month which found that nearly 40 percent of Americans believe “identity theft is not …

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Overdrafts: Since When Did Megabanks Become Your Evil Step-Mother?

Veronica Gutierrez never asked Wells Fargo to act like her mother. The banking colossus just did it anyway. Here’s what …

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Should the DMV Force Financial Literacy on Our Kids?

Before teenagers get their driver’s licenses, every DMV in the country should include questions about basic financial literacy on their driver’s test…

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12.6 Million Reasons ID theft Matters

If you still believe identity theft is a marketing gimmick, it’s time to take a look at the Federal Trade …

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5 Ways to Prepare for the Coming Cyber War

This spring, the term “cyber war” turns 20. In his seminal 1993 paper “Cyberwar is Coming!” master military strategist John …

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10 States that Gouge the Unemployed (and the Existing Solution)

Right now more than 5 million Americans receive unemployment benefits. And right now, in many states a big chunk of …

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7 Ways to Protect Your Privacy Before Facebook Gets Hacked

We’re coming up on three years since Mark Zuckerberg famously announced, “The age of privacy is over.” Some of us, …

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10 Dumbest Things People Do With Their Smartphones

If you think of your smartphone as just a phone, rather than a very powerful mini-computer that happens to make …

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Who's Behind the Latest Bank Giveaway?

Last week offered a very good snapshot of the state of things in the wake of mortgage crisis. On the …

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Adam Levin – Adam Levin is chairman and co-founder of Credit.com and Identity Theft 911. His experience as former director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs gives him unique insight into consumer privacy, legislation and financial advocacy. He is a nationally recognized expert on identity theft and credit.

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