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SECURITY
Top 10 Ways to Protect Yourself in the
Wake of the Equifax Data Breach
By Kristin Dohn
Whether or not you are among the millions service, if it makes sense for you, by visiting
of people affected by the recent Equifax equifaxsecurity2017.com .
data breach, there are several steps you
can take to respond when your personal Any time you are offered free credit
information is exposed in a data breach. monitoring, make sure you check for:
• Trial periods
We outlined several identity theft tips for • Fees
you last week. Since then, people have • Cancellation requirements
been asking many questions and we will • Other restrictions, such as automatic
continue to work to provide answers—or renewals
point people to other resources that may • Whether you are being asked to give
help make the situation clearer. your credit card, debit card, or bank
account information
Free credit monitoring offered by Equifax
Equifax is offering a free monitoring service If you don’t give your credit card, debit card,
to anyone—not only those who are affected or bank account information, that helps to
by this breach. Since this is a free service, avoid getting automatically renewed and
you should consider signing up for this Continued on page 42
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