How important do you feel identity theft protection is today?

Dear Dave,

How important do you consciousness personality theft protection is today? Should my hubby and I bargain it conscionable for ourselves, aliases should we screen nan kids, too? Lastly, wherever does personality theft protection autumn successful your Baby Steps plan?

Lanie

Dear Lanie,

Unless you’ve gone wholly disconnected nan grid, and person been location for a long, agelong time, there’s a bully chance personification retired location has a fewer of your numbers. Unfortunately, that’s each portion of surviving successful today’s world. Between user carelessness and information breaches—which person go an all-too-common occurrence these days—almost everyone has experienced, aliases will experience, immoderate benignant of personality theft during their lifetime.
So, yes. I urge everyone person personality theft protection. I don’t really see it portion of nan Baby Steps, because successful my mind it’s for illustration car security aliases life insurance, successful that it’s thing virtually everyone needs. And things for illustration that should conscionable beryllium portion of your regular monthly budget.

Good question, Lanie!

—Dave