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Welcome to Ask Clark, a column designed to answer your financial questions by money expert Clark Howard. Ask Clark: A…

Freezing your credit with all three major credit bureaus is the single most important thing you can do to protect…

Freezing your credit with all three major credit bureaus is the single most important thing you can do to protect…

Freezing your credit with all three major credit bureaus is the single most important thing you can do to protect…

Hopefully you know by now that freezing your credit is the best way to protect your identity and finances from…

Many of us love to use Google as a web search engine, but you may be surprised how much of…

Google is taking its security measures up a notch with the expansion of its password checker. Previously, users had to…

You may have seen ads for credit bureau Experian's Dark Web Scan service and wondered if it's something you should…

After a series of scandals related to Facebook privacy, the company has been trying to regain user confidence by empowering them…

A massive data breach at Capital One Financial Corporation is impacting more than 100 million people in the U.S. and Canada,…

Time is almost up for consumers to file a claim related to the Equifax data breach. The deadline is January…

If you have a Flickr account, your image may be included in a vast facial recognition database created by IBM.…

If Google Chrome is your browser of choice, your computer may be in danger from "previously publicly-unknown vulnerabilities," according to…

Lots of us get annoying unwanted calls on our home phones from blocked numbers. But the situation — as frustrating…

If the previous 12 months have taught us anything, it's that data breaches will likely continue to be a huge…

Thieves are increasingly stealing people's phone numbers in a new scheme known as "porting" or "port-out scamming." A phone porting…

Microsoft has issued a series of emergency security patches for certain versions of Internet Explorer that criminals are actively exploiting…

Facebook has spent much of the past 12 months apologizing and trying to make amends for the Cambridge Analytica data…

As the world's largest online retailer, Amazon.com sends untold numbers of emails to consumers on a daily basis. Many of…

The United States Postal Service confirms a long-lived security flaw on its website potentially exposed the data of 60 million…

FedEx, UPS, DHL and the United States Postal Service (USPS) are contending with criminals setting up fraudulent online accounts under…

It's only been a short while since credit freezes were made free by the three major credit-reporting bureaus. The government-mandated…

In this digital age, our data is being mined like never before. One website that compiles information about you —…

Identity thieves are exploiting a loophole in a free postal service designed to give you an early look-see into what's…

When the end of the year rolls around, you can always count on three things: holiday music in the stores,…

The nation's big banks want to be in cahoots with your state's Department of Motor Vehicles. So are they looking…

HealthCare.gov has revealed that it suffered a minor breach last month that exposed the data of around 75,000 people who…

Criminals seem to know no bounds in trying to swindle unsuspecting victims. One scheme that seems to be increasing in…

A Long Island mother has come forward with a frightening story about a hack of the family's Nest camera that…

You'd be forgiven if you think the internet search engine game starts and ends with Google. While the Mountain View,…