These Services Alert You to Identity Theft. Are They Worth It?
The problem with identity theft is that you probably won't know when your personal data has been stolen-or even whether you've been a victim. A recent study by Javelin Strategy & Research found that the number of identity-fraud victims in the U.S. totaled 16.7 million in 2017. But that's only the tip of the iceberg, because the data of many millions more Americans has been exposed and may be used in the future to open fraudulent accounts. alone exposed addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers
