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identity  Risks of online public records  If the Web site
hosting your information refuses to take down your SSN, Van Dyke
suggests getting an attorney to write a stern letter to the
business. "You can get things like that done relatively cheaply,
I believe, and that would probably get the site's attention
pretty fast."  If you find your whole Social Security number
online, Stephens advises taking some steps to safeguard your
identity. "The typical precaution that I would recommend for
somebody in that situation, at a minimum, is to place a fraud
alert on their credit reports and of course monitor their credit
reports regularly. If they want to be super, super cautious,
they can place a security freeze on their credit reports,
bearing in mind that will give them the ultimate in protection,
but it also comes with a little bit of inconvenience."  Fraud
alerts don't prevent new creditors