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Target Credit Card System Hacked {Important Information for Target Shoppers}

For the Mommas

Target Credit Card System Hacked. If you are a Target shopper and have shopped at Target from Nov. Target has determined that the information involved in this incident included customer name, credit or debit card number, and the card’s expiration date and CVV (the three-digit security code).

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Why a Credit Card Is Just As Important to Overseas Travel as Luggage

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Guest Post Author Bio: By Odysseas Papadimitriou, CEO of Card Hub, an online marketplace for cards ranging from business credit cards for new businesses to secured credit cards. Like a plane, boat, passport or luggage, a credit card is important to any trip overseas. Let’s find out.

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Parenting Pointers: Synthetic Identity Theft

Motherhood Moments

Children are especially vulnerable to a new form of identity theft – synthetic – which now makes up 85 percent of cases and means thieves use combinations of real and fake information to take out loans, get credit cards, purchase cars, collect unemployment, and much more. And it’s grown 233 percent over five years.

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Limiting the Financial Damage of a Data Breach

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

One of the biggest stories offered recently was that of the Target breach in the Untied States. Millions of customers had their data stolen, including credit and debit information. My credit card information was vulnerable during the PlayStation Network breach of a few years ago. Use Credit Cards.

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Where we found money in March 2021

Family Balance Sheet

If you’d like information on donating plasma, read my review of donating plasma HERE. Credit Card Cash Back: $175. I redeemed $175 for gift cards from our business credit card’s cashback program. We use this credit card for almost all of our business expenses and we pay it off every month.

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How to Freezer Your Credit and Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Target is facing a backlash and lawsuits thanks to the recent security breach that may have put 110 million customers at risk. In addition to stealing credit card numbers , Target now admits that thieves were able to also get people’s names, mailing addresses, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers. Use cash only?

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8 Ways to Prevent Identity Theft

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If we pause and think, there are many activities we do in a course of a day where we put our personal information at risk- from writing a cheque to charging an item in person or on the phone. Never disclose your personal information such as a bank account number in an email. Related posts: Use Credit Cards with Caution.