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Experian's IdentityWorks offers an easy way to trial identity theft protection without reaching for your credit card, thanks to its introductory free tier. The company's no-cost option alone isn't ...

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Consumers who sign up for identity-theft monitoring services may be getting a lot less protection against some common types of fraud than they assume they are ...

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Ascension is offering its patients and employees free credit monitoring and identity theft protection in the wake of a May cyberattack on the national health system that compromised an unknown number ...

Those who subscribe to Microsoft 365 aren’t just getting productivity apps anymore—they’re also getting identity theft protection. This week Microsoft added identity theft protection to Defender, a ...