Retirement Planning Education, with Andy Panko #149 - Tips and best practices to protect your ID and financial information
May 1, 2025
57:23
Andy provides some tips and best practices to help keep your ID and financial information secure. Specifically:
- Check your credit report regularly
- Freeze your credit
- Get a tax return filing PIN from the IRS
- Use strong and unique passwords for all websites and online accounts
- Use a password manager
- Use two-factor (if not multi-factor) authentication wherever possible
- Use a VPN (Virtual Private Network) whenever on public Wi-Fi
- Use separate e-mails for different types of accounts
- Put a "Self-Lock" on your SSN within the E-Verify system
- Lock your SIM card with your cellular provider
- Be cognizant of phishing and vishing scams
- Be mindful of protection physical information and items
Links in this episode:
- Transunion credit freeze - here
- Experian credit freeze - here
- Equifax credit freeze - here
- www.MyFICO.com
- www.CheckFreeScore.com
- IRS PIN info - here
- E-Verify Self-Lock info - here
- FTC article about how to spot phishing - here
- AARP article about how to spot vishing - here
To send Andy questions to be addressed on future Q&A episodes, email andy@andypanko.com
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