It seems that every week brings more reports of large-scale data breaches – think Target and most recently, Home Depot. It’s impossible to guess who will be next. The only certain thing is that there WILL be a next report and one after that. The Federal Trade Commission has some excellent information on a variety of topics of interest to consumers with regard to your money and the issues that surround keeping other people from gaining access to it. Go to www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog to read information on the whether you should “freeze your credit”. You can also sign up to receive emails concerning scam alerts and other consumer information that interests you.
