MMI Offers Advice for Protecting Your Identity
(Sugar Land, Texas – July 24, 2012) From January through April of this year, online thieves have stolen more than 12 million pieces of personal information, according to Experian. This is a 200 percent increase since 2010. If you’ve created an email address, Facebook account, or paid a bill online, you’ve created an online identity. It’s important to remember how much of your information can be found online.  Billing information, personal account numbers, including those for credit cards and bank accounts, and social security numbers are just a few examples. Nonprofit Money Management International (MMI) offers a few practical tips to help protect yourself and your online identity:

1. Be cautious when using public Wi-Fi.  These networks can put your information at risk. Don’t shop, perform online banking tasks, or do anything requiring the use of personal...