New tactics from criminals and how to protect yourself

Betty Q. Hixson

Banks, merchants, employers and other businesses are investing more in innovative technologies to combat identification theft, from fingerprint authentication to retina scanning. Yet high-tech frauds continue, and criminals are changing their tactics. The weak link? In many cases, consumers are letting their guards down, especially when dealing through email, texting and […]

How to protect yourself from identity theft for free

Betty Q. Hixson

Identity theft is a growing problem in the United States and worldwide. Thankfully, there are services out in the wild to better protect individuals from those looking to profit from stealing their identity. These services, which can include identity monitoring, credit monitoring, identity recovery, and identity theft insurance, aren’t cheap […]

U.S. Law Provides Privileges to Protect Legal Work and Advice

Betty Q. Hixson

Certain information generated by your company, even the results of entire investigations, may be legally protected from exposure to people outside the company. While this seems like the holy grail to executives worried about nosey media, plaintiffs’ counsel or intrusive regulators finding the company’s dirty laundry, the protections are limited […]