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Thanks for the advice. Can you give some specific steps on how to "monitor your child's SSN for activity"? How would I go about doing this?

• at-fates-hands 12y ago
  Start with Trans Union, they have a child specific application so you can find out if your child's SSN has been used by identity thieves: http://www.transunion.com/corporate/personal/fraudIdentityTheft/fraudPrevention/childIdTheft.page http://www.transunion.com/corporate/personal/fraudIdentityTh... If they don't have any reports, there's a good chance you're probably ok. You can also apply to put a security freeze on your child's SSN. State by state laws and application process here: http://consumersunion.org/research/security-freeze/ http://consumersunion.org/research/security-freeze/ And then there's the myriad of companies who can give you protection for a monthly fee: AllClearID: https://www.allclearid.com/ https://www.allclearid.com/ LifeLock Junior: http://www.safety4yourkids.com http://www.safety4yourkids.com Also, Experian has a monitoring service as well specifically for kids: http://www.familysecure.com/ http://www.familysecure.com/ Hope this helps.
  • BrokenEnso 12y ago
    Just filled out the Trans Union site with dummy data to check, and none of the transaction is over SSL. So, to kind out if my child's identity has been stolen I have to expose them to identity theft....
    • webXL 12y ago
      That shocked me as well. Doesn't exactly give you a warm fuzzy feeling about a major credit reporting agency's security measures. Do some of these companies just view these breaches/vulnerabilities as a joke?
    • nkozyra 12y ago
      Wow. That is incredibly hilarious and sad. I passed the note on to TU.