Personal Consumer Issues • Ways to protect personal information

I've been compiling a list of ways to protect personal information for a colleague. This is what I've come up with so far. Any suggestions for corrections or additions?

Prevent unsolicited offers of credit or insurance [*]
https://www.optoutprescreen.com/
https://www.chexsystems.com/optout

Place a security freeze on your credit report [*]
https://www.usa.gov/credit-freeze
https://www.innovis.com/personal/securityfreeze
https://www.chexsystems.com/security-fr ... ace-freeze

Prevent anyone from using your Social Security number to verify status for employment [*]
https://www.e-verify.gov/

Request copies of auto and property insurance claim reports [**]
https://fcra.verisk.com

Request copy of your LexisNexis Risk Solutions Consumer Disclosure Report [**]
https://consumer.risk.lexisnexis.com/request

California residents opt-out of LexisNexis data sharing [**]
https://consumer.risk.lexisnexis.com/california

Get an IRS Identity Protection PIN (IP PIN) [*]
https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-frau ... ection-pin

Get copies of your credit reports [**]
https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action
https://www.innovis.com/creditReport/index
https://www.chexsystems.com/request-rep ... disclosure

Opt-out from data brokers [?]
https://databrokerswatch.org/top-ten

Delete old on-line accounts [*]
https://yourdigitalrights.org/

Use a password manager
Wirecutter recommends 1password or Bitwarden
https://1password.com/
https://bitwarden.com/
I use and recommend ProtonPass
https://proton.me/pass

I've left out services that claim to delete information from the web (such as Kanary and DeleteMe) as I have no way of determining the value of these services.

[*] Only need to do these once
[**] Do these annually
[?] I'm not sure how frequently to do these

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