LegalShield ID Theft Protection
Identity protection for you and your family.
Identity theft affects millions of Americans each year. LegalShield offers two high quality identity theft plans to help protect and restore your identity: LegalShield Identity Theft Plan provides standard identity monitoring, and the Identity Theft Premium Plan has more comprehensive monitoring.
Best of all, both services provide Comprehensive Identity Restoration from Kroll, a global leader in risk mitigation. So in the unfortunate event something does happen to your identity, you will have professional help in getting your identity restored to what it was before the fraud occurred. To ensure you have the best coverage possible, the LegalShield plans include you, your spouse and up to 8 dependent children under the age of 18. 1
ID Protection Standard Features:
Member and spouse covered
Credit Report with Score and Analysis
Access to a single bureau credit report with a score is provided once membership is activated. Assistance with obtaining additional reports can be requested every 120 days.
Comprehensive Restoration Service by Kroll
If you become a victim of identity theft while a LegalShield Plan member, Kroll will do everything in its power to restore your identity, for as long as it takes, until all resolvable issues have been addressed, some even long after the first signs of fraudulent activity have surfaced. When you provide Kroll a limited power of attorney, a dedicated Licensed Investigator at Kroll will perform comprehensive ID restoration services on your behalf using access to a variety of private resources obtainable through the specialized credentials held by Kroll. Regardless of the length of time to complete, your Investigator will work to remediate the fraudulent identity-theft issues and restore your identity to pre-theft status. 2
Unlimited Identity Theft Consultation
Access to unlimited consultation with a dedicated licensed investigator at Kroll. On such things as:
- Best practices for the use of a consumer’s Social Security Number and Personal Identifying Information (PII), financial transactions, consumer privacy, shopping and communicating online.
- Provide knowledge to best protect consumers from ID Theft using their rights under federal and state law
- Fraud alert assistance
- Credit freeze consultation
- Consultation on common scams and schemes
- Consultation and education on criminal and medical identity theft
- And more
Safeguard for Minors
Available for up to 8 dependent children under the age of 18, includes monitoring and alerts for credit files in your child’s name, expert credit consultation, and valuable information on credit education.
Single Bureau Credit Monitoring and Activity Alert
Once you activate your credit monitoring through a secure website, your credit report will be monitored continuously and you will receive an email alert if any activity occurs.
Upgrade to Premium and enjoy these additional benefits:
Triple Bureau Credit Monitoring and Activity Alert
Once you activate your credit monitoring through a secure website, your TransUnion, Experian and Equifax report will be monitored continuously, and you will receive an email alert if any activity occurs.
Web Watcher
Daily web monitoring for unauthorized use of your Social Security Number, credit/debit card numbers and other personal information.
Public Persona
Monthly monitoring of any changes to SSN or address history associated with your name
Lost Wallet Assistance 3
Help with canceling and replacing cards and IDs and placing fraud alerts for a lost wallet or purse.
Social Security Number Skip-Trace 3
Social Security Number search through 34 billion public records to detect potential fraud. Identity Consultation.
Sex Offender Search 3
Search of sex offender databases to detect location of sex offenders and whether a member’s address has been used by a registered sex offender.
- Plans may vary depending on your state or province of residence. Go to the Identity Theft Plan Purchase Section for more specific details.
- Limitations and exclusions on Comprehensive Restoration by Kroll. See LegalShield ID Theft page for details.
- Services will be performed upon member request.
