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Identity Theft Protection:
New Tools From ID Watchdog to Help Protect Yourself

Identity theft today is one of the fastest growing areas of theft around the world, making identity theft protection services one of the fastest growing industries. In the US, an identity is stolen every two seconds impacting close to 15 million Americans each year. With the increased sophistication of identity thieves comes the need for sophisticated tools, which many companies have begun to provide with services ranging from basic protection of information, to increased services such as credit report freezing, and increased access and monitoring of personal information.

ID Watchdog is currently one of the top companies providing identity theft protection services. Like Trusted ID, ID Watchdog provides a range of services based on our security needs, but approaches the intake and monitoring of your information a bit differently, based on whether you want protection, or are already a victim of identity theft.

ID Watchdog provides a threefold protection plan for those consumers looking for identity theft protection. The first step, ID Watchdog Plus, performs a verification of your identity (to ensure ID Watchdog is providing the services to the real you), the creation of a baseline report to compare activity against, and the actual monthly monitoring of hundreds of databases on the activity against your baseline report.

The second layer of identity theft protection is the ID SnapShot, which is triggered by suspicious activity against your baseline report. ID Watchdog will compile a comprehensive report when an ID SnapShot is triggered, allowing them to analyze the activity and look for clues to lead them to the thief.

Lastly is ID Rehab, the step taken if you become a victim of identity theft. Should this occur while under the protection of ID Watchdog, they will work directly on your behalf to clear your name, including working with institutions where your name, credit, or reputation has been impacted.

If you reach out to ID Watchdog for identity theft protection services because you are already a victim, you will essentially follow these same three steps, just in a different order. Your first step is instead the ID SnapShot so ID Watchdog can understand your baseline activity and begin to understand the patterns of the imposter to help identify and correct the issues.

Once the ID SnapShot has been created, clients who joined because they were already victims of identity theft move into ID Rehab. However, because the identity theft occurred outside the care of ID Watchdog, the service is focused more on connecting you with Resolution Specialists, who acts as a trusted advisor assisting in the process to restore your name, credit, and reputation.

The last step for current identity theft victims is the ongoing support through ID Watchdog Plus. This is when the verification of identity is completed (along with the baseline report), and monthly monitoring goes into effect.

Pricing for services varies by need, but can be viewed by visiting the ID Watchdog website. Save 25% on ID Watchdog Identity Theft Protection.