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Description
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LifeLock has become an industry leader when it comes to identity protection. They are based in Tempe, Ariz. and provide their service to tens of thousands of people nationwide. This company, which was started in 2005, has grown by leaps and bounds, due in part to the fact that they are so confident about their service that the CEO is known for giving out his own Social security Number in their national advertising campaigns. The company has also been a contender for many industry awards.
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IdentityTruth is a privately held company located in Waltham, Mass. Their specialty is to focus on the movement or activity of a person’s information. They are well-known for their Earliest possible Notification program that routinely searches billions of sources to locate your social security number being fraudulently used. Their system is based on following one’s digital footprints” to monitor where someone’s information goes.
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TrustedID is an identity theft protection company based in Redwood City, Calif. Since the company’s inception in 2005, they have received quite a bit of media attention for their main product, IDFreeze. The program is available to individuals, as well as entire families, making protecting the family medical identity easy, affordable, and accessible to all. They offer a 24/7 call center with specialists that can answer questions.
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ID Watchdog was started in 2005 and is based out of Denver, Co. The systems that the company offers was developed in conjunction with federal agencies, U.S. Postal Inspectors, law enforcement officials and several state attorney general’s. Their main product is the ID Watchdog Plus, which is a comprehensive plan and monitoring system. The company is comprised of tankers, privacy experts, lawyers, and former secret service agents.
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Prices
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Monthly and yearly plans are available. Monthly plans are $10.00 per adult and $2.50 per child. Yearly plans are $110.00 for an adult and $25.00 per child (a $10.00 and $5.00 savings respectively).
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Plans are offered on a monthly, yearly or three-year basis. They have a three-month minimum requirement. Cost for monthly membership is $9.99. Yearly cost is $99.99 and a three-year plan is offered for $229.99.
Offer: 7 Day Free Trial:
On 8th day customer will be billed for first 3 months for $29.97. At the start of the 4th month, they will be charged $9.99 per month.
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Monthly and yearly plans are offered for individuals, as well as options for the family. Individual plans are $10.00 per month or $99 for the year. Family plans are $19.99 per month or $189.99 per year. With monthly plans, they do have a three-month minimum.
TrustedID’s innovative identity theft protection service with 30 DAYS FREE, for both our Family and Individual plans
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The company offers a 15-day free trial period for
those that sign up for the ID Watchdog Plus and pay $1.95 verification fee. Monthly plans are $19.95, while yearly plans are $179.95. A three-year plan is also offered at $359.95, which is 50% savings.
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Main Features
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LifeLock’s key selling feature is the confidence they have in their ability to protect one’s identity. They provide a $1,000,000 guarantee with their service.
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As soon as someone enrolls in the LifeLock program, they are protected by their million-dollar guarantee. What this means is that if your identity is ever stolen, they will repair the damage and cover all costs up to $1,000,000.
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LifeLock works on your behalf to place fraud alerts with the major credit bureaus. They also order your credit reports, which are then mailed to you. Unless you instruct them otherwise, they will continue to re-set the fraud alerts every 90 days.
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LifeLock puts in a request to get your name off of junk mail lists, which will lower your chances of thieves intercepting identity information. This includes being taken off of pre-approved credit card applications.
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WalletLock service offers protection in the event that your wallet is stolen. You simply call them and they help to contact every document-issuing company that needs alerting.
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eRecon technology will monitor the Internet trading of personal information and pick up when and if yours comes into play.
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TrueAddress will check for any detected changes to your address, which helps in the event that someone creates a bogus address
for your name.
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IdentityTruth has a mission of following the path of your identity information. Their Earliest Possible Notification system will follow the participants “digital footprint” to see where the information ends up being used.
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Their program helps remove participants from junk mail lists to help reduce fraud opportunities.
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Alerts are placed and monitored on your address and phone number so that if there are any changes there will be an alert issued.
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They monitor the Internet for the trading of the participant’s personal information. This is an important aspect, because much of the information trading in the fraud rings takes place online.
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Their focus is on providing the earliest possible notification of fraudulent activity.
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Upon signing up with them they provide identity health score, based on the rating of your security risk level.
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They evaluate your information to detect patterns that may lead to predicted events involving fraud.
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Their service provides a 100% service guarantee.
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TrustedID’s main product is IDFreeze. The program can be set up for individuals or the entire family.
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The plan includes TrustedID fraud flag placement.
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Credit card and social security number scanning are also included.
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They will put in the request that you be removed from junk mail lists to reduce fraud opportunities.
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Their service offers a lost wallet protection. This provides security so that if you ever lose your wallet you can call them and they will help replace and/or close all the necessary accounts on your behalf.
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While using their service, they offer a $1,000,000 service warranty on claims. This covers monetary damages that people may incur that include, but are not limited to legal fees, restoration services, and even lost wages.
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They place and monitor fraud alerts with major credit
bureaus.
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Their subscription service includes an anti-spyware protection aspect, which will monitor your computer for outside attempts to breach your computer security.
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Members also receive a free credit report from each of the three major credit reports on yearly basis, so you can monitor your credit first-hand.
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ID Watchdog Plus uses patent pending technology to tap into thousands of consumer databases to scour files looking for use of the consumer’s data. By doing this, they will pick up the “fingerprints” left behind from criminals.
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The system tracks any manipulated data that may have been created by thieves.
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Each month they create a profile for the customer, based on the information they gathered in their monitoring.
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If any personal information has been changed the customer will immediately be notified and the company puts an investigator to work to investigate the changes.
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Family plans are available, for which they offer discounts on.
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They offer a 100% service guarantee, which means that if while using their service you become a victim of identity theft, they will not stop working to reverse the damages incurred to personal records, regardless of the cost to the company. They pledge to do whatever it takes to remedy the situation for every customer.
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