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Arizona State offers identity theft protection service

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Arizona State University in Phoenix is providing the identity theft protection services of LifeLock to its campus community. The service is not free but, according to the school’s Web site, the fee is half the normal rate.

LifeLock, based in Tempe, Ariz., performs follow-up services with credit bureaus and related companies after the subscriber reports a suspicion that he or she may be the victim of identity theft. The company also sets fraud alerts with the credit bureaus and requests free credit reports with them, and more.

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