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7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances

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Do our goals still make sense now that we’re in the trenches of the new year? Many people are opting to store financial documents on their computers or the cloud, I have not totally embraced this concept yet and still have a file cabinet and safe for our documents. Take some time to review your yearly financial goals.

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Is Your Smartphone Putting You at Financial Risk?

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But all of this information, stored on my smartphone, also makes me a little bit nervous. What Information Can Identity Thieves Learn from Your Smartphone? Saved credit card information on shopping apps encourages thieves to make purchases with ease. Make it hard to get into your phone and access all of that information.

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Organizing Your Computer

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They are using up memory and possibly making your computer move slowly. This will free up memory in your computer to store other, more important programs. I also don’t tend to delete bad pictures off of my camera until they are on my computer, which makes it so they accumulate quickly. Why keep them?

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5 More Ways to Keep Your Identity Safe When Moving #LifeLock

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Here are a few quick tips to help keep your family and identity safe. :: Make a Change of Address Checklist: Before you move, start making a list of all the companies that send you mail, bills and statements. You are giving thieves 1/3 of the info needed to steal your identity: Name, Social Security Number and Birthday.

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GIVEAWAY: TurboTax Deluxe 2012 from OfficeDepot

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I love how easy the program is to use and that it makes preparing your return fairly painless. Even if you didn’t have TurboTax last year you can import from other tax stores and software. The TurboTax Deduction Maximizer searches over 350 deductions and credits as you go to help make sure you get your maximum refund.

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Stay Organized To Keep Your Information Secure

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This makes it easy for cybercriminals to hack into such systems because they know almost all the default settings. Make sure your new passwords have a combination of lower and upper case letters, symbols, and numbers. This makes it harder for a hacker to make sense of such data in the event of a data breach. Encrypt Data.

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