Don't Let It Happen To You.
We go to great lengths to protect your personal information. But here are steps that security experts strongly recommend you take to help protect yourself:
- Review your credit report monthly
- Check your accounts frequently online - don't wait for paper statements
- Monitor credit card purchases closely
- Only use secure US Postal Service
collection boxes for outgoing mail.
- Do not use easily identifiable information for usernames and passwords
- Shred documents containing your personal
information
- Never provide personal information if you
did not initiate contact
Sources: Better Business Bureau and Javelin Strategy & Research, The Kansas City Star and FTC.gov.