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Weisman, Steve,

50 ways to protect your identity and your credit : everything you need to know about identity theft, credit cards, credit repair, and credit reports / Fifty ways to protect your identity and your credit. Steve Weisman. - c2005. - xxii, 232 pages: illustrations ; 23 cm

Identity theft --
Making yourself less vulnerable to identity theft --
Danger on the computer and what to do if you are the victim of identity theft --
Your social security number: an identity thief's lucky number --
Criminal identity theft, taxes, and more arresting problems --
Technology, business, and government fight identity theft --
Financial privacy please: the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act --
Credit cards --
Fine print --
Protection from credit discrimination --
Credit reports --
Credit counseling and credit repair --
Congress deals with credit reports and identity theft: the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act --
Steve's rules --
Form letters.

ISBN: 013146759X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Identity theft--Prevention--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Consumer credit--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Credit ratings--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Privacy, Right of--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Records--Access control--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV6679 / .W44 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 364.163 / W.S.W