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LegalShield Cautions Shoppers and Businesses to Be Aware of Increased Cyber Breach and ID Theft Attempts on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
LegalShield,
one of North America's leading providers of affordable legal plans and
the IDShield identity theft solution for individuals, families and small
businesses, wants to help make your holiday season as happy and
stress-free as possible, starting with Black Friday (News - Alert).
Retailers are a vulnerable target for data breach during the holidays,
especially online. In 2013, Target reported a major cyber breach during
the Black Friday weekend, compromising approximately 110 million credit
card and debit card accounts. Also, according to a 2016 Verizon (News - Alert)
investigation, denial-of-service attacks on sites, perhaps helped along
by breaches at the point-of-sale and in unsecure web apps, are among the
most frequent and disabling security incidents.
"Cybersecurity must be top of mind for both individuals and businesses
during the holiday season. Criminals look for every opportunity to
breach data systems, such as public Wi-Fi and unsecured networks,"
explained Jeff Bell, LegalShield CEO. "As we've seen with Equifax,
Target (News - Alert) and numerous national retailers, a credit breach can be
devastating. As consumer preferences increasingly move to online and
mobile shopping for the holidays, our hope is that both individual and
heads of household sign up for ID protection."
"The IDShield
identity theft solution for individuals and families, leads the identity
theft protection service industry with the most robust set of consmer
protection features on the market today," continued Bell. "It is the
only protection product that includes full restoration services-handled
by dedicated licensed private investigators trained in helping people
recover from a hack or another form of ID theft. The IDShield app puts
these key features in the palm of your hands."
In addition to the threats of credit card breach and identity theft,
Black Friday shoppers should be wary of other potential legal issues
that may come up, such as warranty disputes, property damage, and
sustaining injuries in a store. LegalShield's provider law firms are
prepared to answer questions and provide guidance and representation for
LegalShield members in such situations.
"While the holidays should be a season of joy and giving, we must still
be vigilant of 'Grinches.' With LegalShield, consumers will be able to
fully enjoy their holidays without the stress that would definitely
arise from ID theft or a legal problem. We are here to assist members
with other legal issues, too," continued Bell.
For more information on how to have a safe holiday season, please see
these articles offering tips and advice:
https://www.legalshield.com/9-tips-safe-and-secure-holiday-shopping
https://www.legalshield.com/how-protect-yourself-holiday-scams
About LegalShield
A pioneer in the democratization of affordable access to legal
protection, LegalShield is one of North America's leading providers of
legal safeguards and protection against identity theft solutions for
individuals, families and small businesses. The 45-year-old company has
more than 1,693,000 members, including individuals, families and
businesses, that are covered by its legal and identity theft
memberships. IDShield provides identity theft protection to one million
individuals. LegalShield and IDShield serve more than 141,000
businesses. Both legal and identity theft plans start as low as $20 per
month.
LegalShield's legal plans provide access to attorneys with an average of
19 years of experience in areas such as family matters, estate planning,
financial and business issues, consumer protection, tax, real estate,
benefits disputes and auto/driving issues. Unlike other legal plans or
do-it-yourself websites, LegalShield has dedicated law firms in 50
states and four provinces in Canada that members can call for help
without having to worry about high hourly rates.
IDShield provides identity monitoring and restoration services and is
the only identity theft protection company armed with a team of licensed
private investigators on call to restore a member's identity.
For more information, call press and corporate relations at 580-436-1234.
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