NATIONAL CONSUMER FRAUD WEEK – SCAMS: IT’S PERSONAL
This week has been National Consumer Fraud week, and the [...]
Plain English Credit – What you should know about taking on credit
What is my credit rating? Your credit rating is a file on your credit history and is collated by the major credit reporting agencies if you have ever been credit-active. Your credit rating is then checked by any financial institution or credit provider and is used to assess both the amount you are able to borrow and your ability to repay the loan.
What Young People Need To Know and Do
Generation Y is responsible for more than one third of Australia's total consumer credit defaults, despite making up 20% of the entire credit active population. Gen Y also has more personal loan and telecommunication defaults than any other generation, relative to population size. (Statistics from Veda Advantage)
Credit – Friend or Foe? 6 Tips To Help…
It is no secret that in our modern age many [...]
Privacy Commissioner gets tough on Vodafone
MyCRA Credit Rating Repair Vodafone customers' personal information was available on a publically accessible website.. Vodafone was in breach of their obligations under the Privacy Act... The AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION now sites identity theft as the "fastest growing crime in AUSTRALIA
First Telstra & Now Vodafone… What Privacy Protection Do We Really Have?
Recently I blogged about Telstra allegedly breaching the privacy of [...]