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GIVEAWAY: LifeLock Identity Theft Protection Plan

Saving With Shellie

While it’s a huge inconvenience when it happens, I’m not scared about identity theft because we have LifeLock. LifeLock is a service that protects your identity. They have five points of protection. Here are the five points they offer: Beyond Credit Monitoring. Protecting Against Identity Theft.

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How to Protect Your Online Banking

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I told her that I loved to log on to my online banking to plan how to allocate my money. “I don’t “do” online banking. It’s not easy to hack an online bank account if the owner of said account is smart about it. It is easier to have the bank card physically and guess the pin code, in my opinion.

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Limiting the Financial Damage of a Data Breach

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

As a result of the PlayStation breach, I began changing the way I use my credit and debit cards , and my bank accounts , so that I could limit the difficulties associated with breaches of this nature. This is because I don’t want my bank account compromised. Use Credit Cards. I use credit cards a lot more now. Money Tips'

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How Long Should You Keep Financial Documents

Family Balance Sheet

It got to the point where I couldn't close the drawers of my filing cabinet, so I took some time to weed them out. Bank Statements - One nice thing (among many) about the electronic age is that banks keep statements online up to a couple of years. Our personal bank has statements online all the way back to 2006.