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Melanie Lockert.

It seems like every week there's a breaking news story about another data breach.

It's scary to feel vulnerable, knowing that our information is out there. Fraudsters and thieves can take this information and use it to their advantage, sometimes without us even knowing.

One tool that can help you catch fraud and identity theft is credit monitoring.