Your personal information is valuable. If criminals get their hands on it, they can — among other things — open credit cards while pretending to be you. Then it’s up to you to shut down fraudulent ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Seven On Your Side's Michael Finney teamed up with Consumer Reports to help you choose between a freeze and a fraud alert in order to protect your credit in the wake of the ...

If you've never been the victim of identity theft, consider yourself lucky. Experts say it’s not a matter of "if" you'll become a victim, but "when." And it can take a lot of time and effort to clean ...