How to Reclaim Your Privacy Online – Delete Your Data From Background Check Companies

Protect Your Online Privacy with Safe Shepherd

I have spent years in the consumer background check business and one issue that keeps coming up without fail is the desire to delete personal data from the various consumer services such as USSearch, Intelius BackgroundChecks, pipl, and literally dozens of other websites. Up to now I have had to tell people that it’s a [...]

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My computer is SLOW! A Guide on Identity Theft Protection from Internet Viruses

My computer is slow! Protecting my computer against Identity theft

//Now Streaming With taxes due any day, the last place you would think to get your identity stolen is as you are submitting your information online. This was exactly what happened to the continent of Australia in 2006. 10,000 people who were assuming their personal computer was safe (at least when submitting taxes to the [...]

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How to Do a Nanny Background Check

How to background check a nanny

//The Background Check Files – Nannies It seems like the obvious thing to do… to background check a nanny, but whether because of being too embarrassed to ask, afraid of how much it might cost, or whatever motive… there is NO reason to skip this step. In the event that you decide to steer clear [...]

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Background Checking – Social Security Numbers in The State of Washington

Details the process an employee screener or background checker could follow to obtain SSN in WA

When social security numbers (SSNs) were first issued in 1936, the government specified that they were solely to be used for the purpose of calculating social security benefits. Today SSNs are the number one identifier for US citizens. As early as the 1970s, SSNs were even printed on a driver’s license; but, today, they are [...]

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Your Surfing and Email Habits May be Identity Theft Magnets!

Your surfing and email habits may be setting you up for a serious case of identity theft!

//Now Streaming It’s not that bizarre of a situation… it’s the next scam to get you. Maybe you’ve heard of the television show High Stakes Sweepers on TLC? It’s a show about people who, as a hobby, enjoy entering various sweepstakes through mail in requests, instant wins, and via email. They win cash prizes… vehicles… [...]

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Social Security Numbers and Validation for California

SSA in CA

Your social security number has become the single piece of information connected to your identity, and is something you want to keep private. For myself, I never give out my social security number unless it’s absolutely required. If I’m not sure, I ask. But how safe is your social security number? Well, that just might [...]

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What to shred? A User Friendly Guide to Identity Theft Protection With a Paper Shredder

Avoiding Background Checks by Protecting Your Identity

//Now Streaming by TJKacir With Black Friday sales ringing as early as 12:01am Friday, one of the unlikely buys many are choosing to give as stocking stuffers for the upcoming holidays are paper shredders.  I know, if you didn’t get one this morning you still have time before Christmas arrives (you don’t all have to [...]

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