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How to Restore Your Reputation After an Identity Theft?
If you have become a victim of identity theft, don’t panic. There are several things you can do to repair your good reputation and identity.
However, it will not be easy. Estimates of the time needed on getting back your credit status and reputation are around six hundred hours of work, as mentioned by the Identity Theft Resource Center. After you find that your identity has been compromised, you need to take these our steps as quickly as possible and start documenting your case. The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) outlines these four necessary steps on the identity theft web site, www.ftc.gov/idtheft.  Following is a brief version of the steps:

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How Encryption can Prevent Online Identity Theft?

Encryption utilizes digital keys to encrypt and decrypt data while it’s being sent over the Internet, which makes it incredibly hard for anyone but the intended receiver to tamper or see. Through encryption, a key on the transmitting end locks data, and the key on the receiving end unlocks it. While the information in en route, good encryption technique makes it virtually impracticable for outsiders to peep or meddle with the information -in your case, your financial and personal data. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard technology of information security on the Internet. (more…)