Consumer Credit And Blockchain

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While you have plenty of tools to protect your personal information, your data is arguably in as much danger as it's ever been. It's not that you don't take precautions (although many Americans don't), it's that your personal information is stored in so many places – some of which you can't control.

"The challenge with identity theft in today's day and age is we are an online culture," says Adam Carroll, Founder and Chief Education Officer of National Financial Educators. "I think most Americans would be astonished to know how many places actually have their credit account and checking account numbers."

Consider the Equifax data breach. Almost 148 million people were affected by a breach of their personal information at a company that many had no direct contact with – yet, without a credit file at Equifax and other credit reporting agencies, those people cou...

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