Protecting your identity online

Protecting your identity both off and online is becoming more and more important due to the dire job market and housing and credit crunches.

Having a bad credit rating can actually cause you to miss out on a job, an apartment rental, or any sort of financing on both a personal, and even a business basis if you were thinking of going into business for yourself.

So what can you do to be vigilant and protect your credit score and identity?

The first thing to do is to check your credit score:

Find Out Your Credit Score

The second thing is to protect your credit score and identity.

Lifelock not only protects against identity theft, it comes with a lot of other handy services, like removing you from pre-approved credit card offers in the mail, and easy way for thieves to target your identity.

It also offers WalletLock-in the event that your wallet is lost or stolen, they can immediately help you contact all of the parties affected to ensure that little to no credit card fraud is perpetrated, and no damage is done to your credit rating.

LifeLock Take Control

These are two simple steps you can take today, to save yourself a lifetime of hassle.

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Author: jm

Joan Mullally has been doing business online for more than 20 years and is a pioneer in the fields of online publishing, marketing, and ecommerce. She is the author of more than 200 guides and courses designed to help beginner and intermediate marketers make the most of the opportunities the Internet offers for running a successful business. A student and later teacher trainee of Frank McCourt’s, she has always appreciated the power of the word, and has used her knowledge for successful SEO and PPC campaigns, and powerful marketing copy. One computer science class at NYU was enough to spark her fascination with all things digital. In her spare time, she works with adult literacy, animal fostering and rescue, and teaching computer skills to women.