." - [announcer] the following is a paid presentation for lifelock with norton.tec. angie harmon is known for her television roles as lawyer and detective, but like the rest of us, in her real life she's concerned about identity theft. today she's going to help us learn how it happens and how we can help protect ourselves. - look around. everywhere we go, we're all on our phones and laptops. we shop, bank, fill out forms and applications, all online. we give away our names, birthdays, passwords, even our social security numbers. in the connected world we live in, our personal information is everywhere. what happens if that information gets in

take your business beyond. for lifelock with norton. paid for by symantec.own for her television roles as lawyer and detective, but like the rest of us, in her real life she's concerned about identity theft. today she's going to help us learn how it happens and how we can help protect ourselves. - look around. everywhere we go, we're all on our phones and laptops. we shop, bank, fill out forms and applications, all online. we give away our names, birthdays, passwords, even our social security numbers. in the connected world we live in, our personal information is everywhere. what happens if that information gets in the hands of identity thieves? - somebody used my identity to rent an apartment. they skipped out on the rent. $24,000, that's a lot of money. - i was a victim of ransomware.

paige with lifelock recommends a step you might not expect. create a credit file for your child, then freeze it. >> add them as an authorized user to their parents account. >> you don't have to actually give the credit card to your kids or even tell them about it. just add them in the background. >> it will establish a line of credit for other credit bureaus. then they can, under the new law, freeze their child's credit. >> freezing kids' credit files is fast and free. do it with all the major credit bureaus in half an hour. we posted links to help you get started on nbcbayarea.com/responds. you can also tell us about consumer complaints you want to investigate. you can also call us. >> some helpful information for families. thank you. >>> summer travel season obviously underway. lots of folks booking online. but how safe is your information? the new way criminals could be targeting your personal and valuable data from one of your every day items. >>> see these low clouds on the coast? these could be areas dealing with drizzle or light rain ea

. >>> here is a lifelock inside of the capitol building right now. you can see the halls are bustling with a lot of people getting whether he for the hearing. trying to live from washington in the next half hour, just ahead of the testimony, cbs news will carry a special report around 5:15. you can watch it online. >>> the u.s. justice department has opened an antitrust review of big tech companies including many in the silicon valley. the issue is whether tech giants that reportedly include apple, google, facebook, and amazon own too many pieces of the market and are harming competition. the main concern is whether the companies are stifling innovation by filing small startups and killing off potential rivals. the probe comes as some lawmakers and presidential candidates called for stricter regulations and possibly breaking up big tech companies. >> is the first time coming around. >> what is interesting is that tech is being demonized by democrats, including presidential candidates. but it is also being swiped at by the way health. the current pres

page hampton with lifelock recommends a step that you might not expect. create a credit file for your child and then freeze it. >>ed a them as anuthorauthorize user for the parents account. >> don't tell them about it, but add them in the background. >> and what that is going to do is to establish a line of credit at the credit bureau and then under the new law freeze their child's credit. >> smart advice there. that is chris kimora reporting. >>> freezing the credit files is fast and free and you can do it with all major credit bureaus in a half hour, and we have posted the links to help you get started at nbcbayarea.com. and if you have a consumer complaint, make sure that you visit our website at nbcbayarea.com/respond. >>> much more ahead for you in "today in the bay" and we will go back to ridgecrest where a 7.1 earthquake has shaken a community. we will have the latest in the report this morning from stephanie. and raw reaction from one man where the quake rocks his home in las vegas and it is captured on camera unexpectedly, and a reaction that man

paige hansen with lifelock recommends a step you might not expect. create a credit file for your child, then freeze it. >> add them as an authorized user to their parents' account. >> reporter: you don't have to actually give the credit card to your kids or even tell them about it. just add them in the background. >> what that'll do is it will establish a line of credit at the credit bureaus. then they can under the new law freeze their child's credit. >> reporter: freezing your kids' credit file as well as yours is fast and free. you can do it with all the major credit bureaus in about half an hour. we haveosted links to help you get started. they're on our website right now. >> that's such good information. you would never think of doing that. >> and it sounds crazy. but you know what? you think about it and you lay it all out. okay, they're going to get in and going to have a clean report, got to shut it down by starting a credit card, oh, i exactly.does make sense to giv> just don them know it. >> exactly. can you imagine the charges? >> yeah. if

cyber security experts at lifelock say you should consider these options. one get a cdit freeze which keeps potential creditors from accessing your credit report. also sign up for fraud alert and credit monitoring. so that you'll get notified any time someone applies for credit in your name. get identity theft protection. this monitors, your credit and one or all of the 3 reporting agencies and the tech suspicious activity. these days you can't be too safe. these 3 credit bureau reporting companies collect that information but if they collect it. they must protected. for consumer watch i'm mary moloney. >>up next a new report suggests ice use the oakland airport to deport thousands of immigrants now civil who's dog is this? it's my special friend, antonio. his luxurious fur calms my moving into our new apartment. why don't we just ask geico for help with renters insurance? i didn't know geico helps with renters insurance. yeah, and we could save a bunch too. antonio! fetch computer! antonio? i'll get it. get to know geico and see how much you could save on