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They say the best things in life are free. Now, one of the best ways to safeguard your personal information against identity theft is free too. A new federal law was set in motion on September 21st, allowing everyone in the United States to freeze and unfreeze their credit at all three major credit bureaus (Experian, Equifax and TransUnion) at no charge.

Since 1948, the third Thursday of every October has been recognized as International Credit Union (ICU) Day®: a day to celebrate the unique benefits credit unions provide to their members. On October 18th, VyStar and credit unions everywhere will be celebrating ICU Day’s platinum anniversary, a chance to look back after 70 years and be thankful for the lives and communities that have been improved by the unique principles and actions of the credit union movement.

Through a bug in the websites “view as” feature, Facebook recently exposed the personal information of nearly 50 million users, potentially exposing customers to identify theft and social media scams. In the wake of this news, we’d like to share the following steps on what you can do to safeguard your Facebook and other social media accounts...