Sunday, March 14, 2010
College Parents of America Identity Theft Protection & Resolution Services provides Identity Fraud Support, Card and Document Registration and Lost/Stolen Credit Card Assistance. College Parents of America designed this service to address a large concern of parents – the safety and protection of their students' financial identity. If purchased separately, the Identity Theft Protection and Resolution Services bundle of benefits provided by College Parents of America would have an estimated retail value of over $175.00 annually.
| Card Cops | Card Cops utilizes real-time, web-crawling technology to monitor underground chat rooms, websites and blogs where thieves trade and sell stolen credit/debit card data. Should we find any of your family's monitored cards on these web portals, Card Cops automatically sends you an email alert, giving you the time needed to foil a thief's attempt to use your credit information. *Card Cops monitors up to ten registered credit/debit cards on the Internet, based on extensive research of Internet chat rooms; however, it is impossible to ensure that all Internet chat rooms have been searched for your student's personal information. Accordingly, your family's monitoring alert reports may not contain or apprise you of all of your student's personal information that is publicly available or that may have been compromised. |
| Identity Resolution Services | Obtain personalized assistance in resolving a case of identity fraud. Should you or the college student in your family become the victim of identity fraud, we will help him or her recover quickly. You'll be assigned a dedicated caseworker who will work with you to restore your family's identity, supporting your every step of the way. Plus, you'll receive a customized kit filled with helpful information to help you recover even faster. Thanks to College Parents of America, you and your family can be well on your way towards restoring your good name in no time. |
| Card and Document Registration | Store data from your family's important card and documents for quick, emergency retrieval. This service helps your family to store information from credit cards, bank cards and important documents in one central location. Should your student's registered items become lost or stolen, retrieving his/her your data is just a simple phone call away...making those emergency situations a little less stressful. |
| Lost/Stolen Credit Card Assistance | If your student or another member of your family discovers his/her credit cards are missing, call us immediately. We will notify all credit card issuers, cancel lost or stolen cards, and request that replacements be issued promptly.* When you call, you will be asked questions, such as name, address, and Membership Number. You will also be asked to verify credit card information. We will promptly mail you written confirmation of all credit card cancellations and all replacement requests. *Some financial institutions may require you or your student to call them directly and will not accept notification from third parties. In this circumstance, we will contact you so that you or your student can call your financial institution directly. |