By now you have probably heard that Equifax’s database was breached sometime this past summer. Announced only in September, cybercriminals gained access to about 145.5 million consumers’ personal data. Some consumers in the United Kingdom and Canada were affected as well. Data stolen included full names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and even driver license numbers. More than 200,000…
This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. At the end of July, the Urban Institute released a report on delinquent debt in America, and the figures were rather astonishing. Using 2013 data obtained from TransUnion, the institute sought to study the nature of American consumer (non-mortgage) debt. What they found was that nearly 12 million…
