How Safe Is Your Identity?

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It seems like every day another laptop is stolen containing millions of people's Social Security numbers and more--information that can be used to open up lines of credit in your name and destroy your credit rating.

It seems like every day another laptop is stolen containing millions of people’s Social Security numbers and more–information that can be used to open up lines of credit in your name and destroy your credit rating.

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