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Keeping Your Identity Safe

September 15, 2015

It seems like data breaches, hacks, and info grabbing by websites both mysterious and not-so-mysterious are simply part of daily life in our age of near-universal connectivity. If Target can get hacked and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management can’t hang on to their data, who’s safe? One bit of good news amidst this mess is that the IRS has our backs!

Identity theft isn’t going away, though, and it sometimes even interferes with 1040 and tax refund processing; here are 10 steps you can take to protect yourself.