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Tenant Background Checks and Your Rights
Are you looking for a new place to live or about to renew your lease?
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Employer Background Checks and Your Rights
Are you applying for a job or a promotion? Employers might run a background check on you. Here's what you need to know.
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How To Spot, Avoid, and Report Fake Check Scams
Fake checks might look like business or personal checks, cashier’s checks, money orders, or a check delivered electronically.
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How To Use Parental Controls To Keep Your Kid Safer Online
Talking with your kids about your family’s rules and expectations is key to helping them establish good online habits. Some parents use parental controls to reinforce those good habits — and create safer online spaces for their kids to learn and play.
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Malware: How To Protect Against, Detect, and Remove It
Learn how to protect yourself from malware.
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Youville
Youville is a free, downloadable, standards-based, in-class educational program. It’s designed to help kids ages 8-12 develop and apply analytical skills through a series of fun and challenging activities.
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The Truth Behind Weight Loss Ads
Dishonest advertisers make bogus claims about their weight loss products. Learn to spot and avoid bogus health claims.
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Kids and Video Games
Chances are the kids in your life play, or want to play, video games, including games in immersive spaces like virtual or augmented reality. Game ratings and reviews, parental controls, and other tools are available to help you learn more and talk about video games with the kids in your life.
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Sample Letter for Disputing Credit and Debit Card Charges
There are many reasons why you might need to dispute charges on your credit or debit card. Were you charged for something you returned, ordered but never got, or don’t recognize?
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Understanding Your Credit
We hear a lot about credit — credit reports, credit scores, credit freezes, credit monitoring. What does it all mean for you? Your credit matters because it affects your ability to get a loan, a job, housing, insurance, and more. If you understand what your credit is, it’ll help you protect it.
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Kids and Cell Phones
When you decide your kid is ready for a cell phone, here are some tools to help you think about setting limits, keeping them safe, and teaching them how to use their phones responsibly.
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Creating Strong Passwords and Other Ways To Protect Your Accounts
Here’s how to protect your accounts with strong passwords and other security methods.
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Common Health Scams
People spend billions of dollars a year on products and treatments to try to improve their health and fitness.
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Protect Your Personal Information From Hackers and Scammers
Your personal information is valuable. That’s why hackers and scammers try to steal it. Follow this advice to protect the personal information on your devices and in your online accounts.
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Buying Gemstones, Diamonds, and Pearls
Before you buy, know that gemstones, diamonds, and pearls may be natural, manufactured, or treated to change their appearance.
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Buying Platinum, Gold, and Silver Jewelry
Before you buy, learn about the words and symbols jewelers use to describe the quality and purity of the platinum, gold, and silver jewelry.
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How Scammers Try To Steal Your Life Savings [Infographic]
People are losing big money to scammers running complicated scams. Here’s how the scam works.
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Buying From an Online Marketplace
Online marketplaces sell goods from local groups and national companies. Before you buy, learn about refunds, returns, and how to get help in case of problems.
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How To Protect Your Child From Identity Theft
Learn how to protect your child’s personal information and what to do if someone steals your child’s identity.
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What To Know About Payday and Car Title Loans
Need cash fast to deal with an emergency, bills, or rent? A payday loan or car title loan might be tempting. But these are expensive loans and they can trap you in debt. Find out how they work and about other possible ways to get money or credit quickly.
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