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Darrius Whitehorn, a Loyola University criminal justice student spent a week in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Darrius learned the hard way that when it comes to identity theft, you are guilty until proven innocent. It seems his Social...
As students head back to school, I think it's important to point out one of my earlier blogs to help remind students (and parents) that identity theft protection is an important step to remember when preparing to go off to campus.  If students are not...
Cornell informed more than 45,000 current and former members of the University community that their names and social security numbers had been exposed when a University-owned laptop was stolen earlier this month.The laptop that contained unencrypted names and Social Security...
The University of California-Berkeley recently acknowledged that hackers breached a database of the university's health system records, including 160,000 names and Social Security numbers.UC Berkeley said it was notifying the people affected about possible identity theft or fraud, but the...
The University of Florida is reporting that a  hacker recently entered their computer system compromising the personal information, including Social Security numbers, for about 97,200 students, faculty and staff members.The system has been shut down since discovered last month.The files...
Letters from an organization called "Grant Prospect, Inc." and/or Old World Industries, Inc.,  have been sent to college students telling them they have been approved for a $50,000 grant to pay college related expenses. The letter contains a check for...
The University of Florida if notifying 330,000 dental school patients of a recently discovered data breach. The university learned that malware found on their server compromised names, Social Security numbers and other personal information. In addition to the 330,000 people...
Everyone has an online reputation, whether they realize it or not. When those party photos and videos that you believed were private end up being published online, they can affect your life for a very long time.Parents, teachers, employers, and...
Whenever a data breach occurs most companies are quick to offer those who may be affected -credit monitoring services. Credit monitoring services will only notify you after there's a problem in your credit report, and long after the damage has...
American's for Fairness in Lending (AFFIL.org) is the collaborative effort of numerous partner and ally organizations, each contributing their expertise to AFFIL and the public through AFFIL activities. As one of their allies, I endorse their Principals for Fairness...
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