If you’ve clicked on any website lately, and I do mean any website, you’ve probably seen that they have updated their privacy policy and they really want you to read it. The update is usually plastered in your face with a prompt that requires you to click on it in order to go about your business surfing the web.Why are websites so adamant about sharing their shiny new update with you? Why are they all updating their privacy policies at the same time? Why should I even care?Here’s what you need to know… Read more →

What are you doing to keep your personal information from being stolen? Hopefully, you are following at least some of our tips to keep your identity safe on social media. You don’t click on hyperlinks in emails and you’ve created some really good passwords.The trouble is, in this day and age, it isn’t going to be enough. Our personal information is everywhere It was a lot easier to keep our information safe when we could only spend the cash in our pockets and there was only one social media website … Read more →

Facebook began with college students who wanted to connect to one another back in 2004. Today, Facebook has many purposes. It can connect people of all ages, but it’s also a marketing powerhouse for businesses that want to reach customers.As Facebook has expanded over the years, so has its popularity. This platform literally has billions of users. That provides amazing opportunities for businesses and people to connect. It also provides plenty of opportunities for thieves to steal your identity.If you… Read more →

I know it’s not polite to say, “We told you so,” but…We totally told you so!It does feel good to be right sometimes, doesn’t it? Especially in a world full of tax scams and data breaches that leave us all feeling confused, helpless, and just plain wrong for letting our personal information get into the wrong hands, even if it really isn’t our fault.Anyway, we're celebrating here at InHome because our number one identity theft protection provider, IdentityForce, has been named the 2017 … Read more →

It’s that time of year again when we all sit down with sweaty brows and grunt, curse, and shake our fists at Uncle Sam as we file our taxes. Figuring how much you’ll get back, or gritting your teeth, hoping that you don’t owe anything extra, is bad enough. Add to all that anxiety the fact that you have to deal with tax scams too and it’s no wonder that psychiatric hospitals don’t fill up starting January first.We’re no stranger to tax scams because we know how they can affect your taxes. Just imagin… Read more →