Identity Guard Review
Identity Guard offers a number of services that can help to protect your personal data from identity fraud, and stop thieves from damaging your good credit name. Identity Guard offers a range of affordable identity theft protection plans, which start from just $4.99 per month, so even if you are on a tight budget you can add an additional layer of protection to your identity. Identity Guard’s price plans are split into four levels of protection and security so there should be something to suit all budgets and security requirements.
First Level Security Plan – Good Start
This is the basic package from $4.99 per month and offers customers a number of effective data monitoring features that can help you to prevent thieves from misusing your personal information for financial gain:
• Credit File Monitoring - this service actively monitors your credit files held with Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, and will alert you immediately if any changes take place that could indicate fraudulent activity.
• Free Customer Helpline – if you have any questions about the products or services, or suspect your identity may have been compromised then you can use the free customer helpline to speak to a representative directly.
Second Level Security Plan – Watchful Eye
Watchful Eye is just $9.99 per month and as well as the free customer helpline and credit file monitoring service from the basic package it also offers additional scanning and monitoring services including:
• Online Web Search – this service monitors the Internet to make sure that none of your sensitive and private personal data has been published online, and this is an important tool to help prevent identity theft as fraudsters can often use the Internet to trade stolen information, so by picking up any signs that your information has started appearing online Watchful Eye can alert you quickly if your identity has been compromised.
Third Level Security Plan – Extra Caution
As well as all the features from the first two level plans for just $14.99 per month Extra Caution also offers you with full access to your credit files:
• Credit File Access – this provides you with copies of your credit files so that you can review the records they contain and spot any errors or suspicious activity related to your credit identity.
Top Level Plan – Total Protection
For $17.99 per month you will get all of the monitoring and security features of the other plans, plus additional services such as:
• Public Records Monitoring – this service scans public databases and alerts you to any suspicious changes made to your public data such as driving history, criminal records, passport information and Social Security Number and tax records.
• Computer Security Suite – provides further protection for your personal information by safeguarding your computer against identity thieves, fraudsters and hackers with Identity Guard’s computer security suite that includes features such as data encryption, so that you are protected from harmful keylogging malware which can record your keystrokes when logging into private online accounts and compromise your online security.