On today’s Consumerism Commentary Podcast, Tom Dziubek speaks with author and columnist, Terri Cullen. Terri Cullen is the author of The Complete Identity Theft Guidebook: How to Protect Yourself from the Most Pervasive Crime in America and is a former columnist for the Wall Street Journal.
Tom Dziubek and Terri Cullen discuss identity theft and identity fraud.
Production Number: S02E07
Segment Number: 48
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[00:00] Introduction from Flexo
[00:34] Interview with Terri Cullen
– [00:47] An overview of identity theft and identity fraud
– [01:06] How criminals steal your personal information
– [02:09] Medical identity theft
– [03:00] Identity theft and the internet
– [04:46] Child identity theft
– [05:11] Protecting yourself offline
– [07:37] Company security breaches
– [10:05] Knowing if your identity has been stolen
– [11:02] Protecting yourself online
– [12:00] Financial aggregation websites
– [14:15] Facebook and social networks
– [18:53] Protecting kids
– [22:35] Phishing
– [27:27] Social security numbers
– [29:20] Reclaiming your identity
[34:23] End
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Updated January 16, 2010 and originally published December 6, 2009. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the RSS feed or receive daily emails. Follow @flexo on Twitter and visit our Facebook page for more updates.
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Luke Landes founded Consumerism Commentary in 2003 and has been building online communities since 1990. Luke, also known as Flexo, has contributed to PC World Magazine, US News, Forbes, and other publications. 
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Thanks for all this informational podcasts. Terri certainly knows her stuff.