Protect yourself

Fellow Minnesotans (and some of other states) - protect your assets!

John is one that I would call a little over anxious regarding security, especially along the lines of identity theft. Now, who would want to steal our credit? The credit with student loans and a mortgage? Well, who knows. However, since we are residents of the state of Minnesota, we can put a temporary (or permanent, if we never make a major purchase again) freeze on our credit line. Since we are well settled, we don't need to worry about our credit being frozen, and we can lift the freeze for 3-30 days at our discretion. The best part... Minnesota only charges $5 per bureau per person. That means that $30 and 30 mins worth of work will settle John's peace of mind for a good long while. Interested in doing it yourself? Here's the links:

http://www.experian.com/consumer/security_freeze.html
https://www.econsumer.equifax.com/consumer/sitepage.ehtml?forward=cs_cpo_howto#thirteen
http://www.transunion.com/corporate/personal/fraudIdentityTheft/preventing/securityFreeze.page