Skip to main content

Main navigation

  • Resources
  • Advocacy
  • About
  • Support Us

Social Links

Main navigation

  • Resources
  • Advocacy
  • About
  • Support Us

Social Links

  • Home
  • >
  • Advanced Search

Category

  • (-)Data Breaches
  • Credit Reports
  • Government IDs
  • Identity Theft

Topics

  • Communications
  • Education
  • Financial
  • Health
  • Personal
  • Retail
  • Security
  • Technology

Resource Type

  • Advocacy
  • (-)Articles
  • (-)Guides
  • (-)News
  • (-)Q&A
  • Reports

Search the Archives

Q & A Main Article 2
Q&A

What’s a data breach?

A data breach is a security violation in which sensitive, protected or confidential data is copied, transmitted, viewed, stolen or used by an unauthorized individual. It could be a result of

Read More
Q & A Main Article 2
Q&A

Will I be notified if a school has experienced a data breach exposing my/my child’s information?

It depends on your state’s data breach notification law.

Read More
Think About Your Cards (Before the Next Retail Data Breach)
Articles

Think About Your Cards (Before the Next Retail Data Breach)

As data breaches exposing payment card information continue to make headlines, there are a couple of things you can consider to reduce their potential impact on you.

Read More
Reducing Your Risk of Identity Theft
Guides

Reducing Your Risk of Identity Theft

Others can get your personal information in many ways including

data breaches discarded documents stolen wallets/purses stolen mail phishing

While you can't always prevent identity theft, you can reduce your risk.

Read More
AdobeStock_66825250.jpeg
News

Federal Trade Commission Releases Details of Settlement Agreement with Equifax for 2017 Data Breach

Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shared details of the $425 million settlement it reached with Equifax for its 2017 data breach exposing perso Read More

Federal Trade Commission Walks Back Messaging Around Equifax Settlement
News

Federal Trade Commission Walks Back Messaging Around Equifax Settlement

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released details of its settlement agreement with Equifax concerning its 2017 data breach exposing the sensitive personal information of more than 147 million Americans. Read More

Learn More

  • Communications
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Financial
  • Health
  • Personal
  • Retail
  • Security
  • Technology
  • Background Checks
  • Credit Reports
  • Data Breaches
  • Data Brokers
  • Debt Collection
  • Government IDs
  • Identity Theft
  • Spam

Speak Up

Share Your Story

Support Us

Donate

Sign Up






CC icon attribution icon non-commercial icon share-alike icon

Except where otherwise noted, content on this website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Privacy Policy | Contact | Mastodon | Twitter