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I’m closing on a property and the title company sent my loan documents to the wrong email address. The documents contain my social security number, birthdate, salary, pretty much every piece of personal financial information on me. This was sent to someone with essentially the same name as me. Do I have any legal recourse against the company for mishandling my information? Short of changing all my personal info, I think I may need to enroll in an identity protection service. Can I sue them for the cost of this? If I use this service for the rest of my life are they responsible for the entire cost?
The loan documents were scanned as pdfs and sent in an email as attachments

As far as negligence, the representative has my correct email since I’ve copied her on other correspondences. Its not a case where I wrote down the wrong email adresss and gave it to her.

While I know there are no monetary damages yet, I will have to take preventive measures now that my personal information has been compromised. My thought is that the company should be responsible for paying for any costs I have to incur such as the fee for an identity theft protection service. These are generally annual fees so would it be reasonable to sue for amount that would cover the fees for a period of time?

Thanks for the responses

A successful lawsuit requires you to prove both negligence and damages.

Negligence is something that rises above a simple mistake, so I can not have an opinion without more information. At this point, there are no damages unless the other party uses the information unlawfully.

You can try requestion compensation for a credit check, but don’t count on it. You can do a free check on yourself once a year anyway. I have the website, I’ll update the link when I find it.

There are many Debt Services to choose from. Some good, some not so good. There are also a number of ways to fight your debt that can acompany your debt rehabilitation program.

In the process of Debt Consolidation, a creditor can help you by consolidating all your debts in to a single debt consolidation loan. This can help you in two ways:

1. It can make the payment process easier by only paying one large lump sum rather than a plethora of smaller sums.

2. It can save you interest by only paying the interest on your debt consolidation loan.

To many people this may be enough to get out of debt. However, there are those that fell in to debt because of bad spending habits or other various habitual or personal related reasons. To these individuals a single debt consolidation loan may not be enough.

Sometimes it is a matter of self control or various other reasons why some people have a hard time getting out of debt or staying out of debt. For these people, debt consoladation alone is simply just not enough.

So how does one tap in to the necessary resources to help them get out of financial difficulties and stay out for good? That question can’t so easily be answered. Each person has different reasons they fell in to debt and each person also may have different ways to fight it as well. Regardless of the programs involved, supplemental programs may need to be established in order to successfully accomplish thier goals in order to attain achievement in them.

Another option for an individual with a Christian background may be Christian Debt Consolidation. Christian Debt Consolidation can help by integrating additional Christian-Based values to their debt consolidation. Such values can help make it easier to achieve success if such a thing as faith is involved. Some individuals find the debt struggle too emotionally wearing and can break a person down. The purpose behind Christian Debt Consolidation is to give the pursuer of relief a means of spiritual healing as well.

Another great route that may work in addition to standard debt consolidation is a Consumer Credit Counseling Service. Credit Counseling Services can help you by targeting your debt problems and help you with the analytic side as well as the personal side of your finances to be able to help you with your debt with better accuracy. This is a great way to go for those who have had trouble staying out of debt.

Debt Negotiation is a means that may be an alternative to debt consoladation services. Debt Negotation is a means of “Negotiating” ones debt as opposed to just simply consolidating your debt. What a debt negotiator does is they contact the company to whom the client owes the debt to. And most companies understand that some money is better than getting nothing at all. So what happens is the negotiator simply states that their client is willing to pay off their debt for less of the amount that is originally owed. Under these circumstances the debtee can pay off their debts without having to pay the full amount as well as the interest that has accumulated.

Counseling has also been a great method in conjunction with a form of debt relief service to help a person get out of debt and stay out for good. A major problem not often addressed in financial difficulties is what lies beneath the real problem. There may be a gambling problem, there may be a drug and alcohol problem, there may be a divorce, there may be a spending addiction, whatever the case, the issue needs to be addressed before one can fully fix their debts and rebuild their credit without default. A counselor can help by taking a closer look in to the reasons that the individual came in to debt and help fix the actual problem rather than the result of the problem.

Whatever the reason for a debt problem, often a debt consolidation service alone may not be enough. To fully understand the severity of a persons debt problems one has to also take a deeper, more substantial look in to what is really causing the problem. People just don’t end up in debt most of the time. Debt can creep up on anyone and in order to provide a complete solution it is necessary to make numerous wise decisions in creating a certain reality that keeps you away fromt the debt trap altogether.

Gabe Killian
http://www.articlesbase.com/non-fiction-articles/how-to-make-debt-consolidation-and-debt-services-work-55214.html

importance of human relationships, integrity and competence.
Social workers are guided by professional code of ethics on advocating for justice, change, equality, human rights, and well-being of all individuals. This includes, but is not limited to, disadvantaged, poor, vulnerable, and oppressed individuals; the most helpless in society. Our role as social workers is to empower individuals to function more effectively and help them develop the necessary skills to effectively cope with the complex issues of their everyday lives. Therefore, I am committed to helping build a society that treats all individuals fairly and equally. All individuals have a fundamental right to live decent, dignified, and fulfilling lives, but society is structured such that not all individuals have equal access to necessities such as food, housing, safety, education, and employment. As social workers, it is our responsibility to ensure that individual needs are met so people can be more self-sufficient and able to make the best possible choices for themselves. Just as individuals have basic biological needs they have to satisfy in order to function, relationships are also vital to satisfy their emotional, physical, security, social and educational needs. The family is the primary source of support for individuals when they are dealing with problems in their everyday lives. Some families have external and financial resources to help them with their problems, while many others do not. Often, problems arise within a family or relationship from a lack of communication.
Social workers see the family as the basis for our human growth and development as well as for giving support. They engage people as partners in the helping process. The family must be supported and strengthened because it contributes to our well-being. Most importantly, relationships helps us learn from each other, develop, grow, and live more productive and meaningful lives. It is important for social workers to recognize that relationships can and will affect individuals and our behavior. We need to strengthen relationships to help each other get along with family that provides for individuals well-being.
Another personal value that places the highest ethical standard to social work profession is integrity. These are the standards of right and wrong, what each of us ought to do usually in terms of rights and obligations, benefits, common good, least harm, and social justice for all individuals. All of which are central to social work practice to helping the disadvantaged, vulnerable, and oppressed individuals live more productive lives. Social workers must adhere to the ethical principles of integrity on maintaining a high code of behavior, honesty, trust, being respected, and having a sense of justice and fairness. Being honest and having integrity can be a guide for everything that one does. Knowing what to do when no one is watching, knowing the difference between doing the right thing and wrong thing, and keeping your word are all examples of integrity. These are attributes that social workers should practice as professionals and in their everyday lives. Having integrity is respected both in personal and professional relationships. One needs to display a certain amount of sincerity and morals when working with clients. A social worker, specifically, must uphold the highest level of morality. They need to maintain that level when other people try to challenge their views and test their wills, or when social workers are challenged with ethical situations, and they have to maintain a sense of integrity to their profession. We need to understand that clients’ will have different values and beliefs that are different from our own and as social workers we must be open to learning about their differences and still behave in an ethical manner.

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Once upon a time there was a little village. It was a great place to live except for one problem – there was no water supply unless it rained! To solve this problem once and for all, the village chief decided to offer two contracts to have water delivered to the village on a daily basis. He felt that a little competition would keep prices low and that was good for the villagers. Two people volunteered to take on the task and the chief awarded the contract to both of them.

One of them. Jack, immediately ran out, bought two big steel buckets and began running back and forth the lake which was lokm away from the village. He immediately began making money. He worked from early morning to late evening carrying water from the lake with his two buckets. Each morning he had to get up before the villagers awoke to make sure there was enough water for the village for that day. It was hard work, but he was very happy to be

making money and be able to buy the luxuries for his family.

The other contractor, Bill, disappeared for a while. Instead of buying more buckets to compete with Jack, Bill had gone to seek the best construction crews in the city and returned four months later with a team of the talented crews. Within a few months his team had built a large volume stainless steel pipeline which connected the village to the lake.

At the completion of the pipeline construction. Bill announced that his water was cleaner than Jack’s water, as he knew that there had been complaints about dirt in Jack’s water. Bill also assured the villagers that he could supply the water 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Jack could only deliver water on the weekdays as he did not work on weekends. Then Bill announced that he could charge 50% less than Jack did for this higher quality and more reliable source of water. The villagers cheered and immediately ran for the faucet at the end of Bill’s pipeline.

Eventually Jack hired a few employees. Like a lot of employees, they only worked as much as Jack told them to. Jack needed to pay them extra overtime , ages in order to get them to work more. Even when the business was slow and was making loss, he still needed to pay the employees wages. Sometimes he himself needed to work the extra overtime because he couldn’t afford to pay them the overtime wages. Soon, he was working day and night for his business

and had no time to spend with his family.

Bill, on the other hand, had no employees to pay. He could spend all his time doing the things he loved and enjoyed to do without going to work from 9 to 5 daily, and yet had a secured source of income. He could spend more time with his family and was able to show love and care and to educate his young children.

Soon, the larger villages nearby heard of the water supply in this little village. Their chiefs also offered contracts to deliver water to the villages on a daily basis. Bill confidently volunteered to take on the task. Jack saw this as an opportunity to expand his business. He also volunteered himself.

Bill immediately began the constructions. He only needed to invest some time and money at the beginning to construct the pipelines to the villages and he would secure a long-term water supply upon the completion of the pipelines.

Jack employed more employees to carry the water from the nearest lake to the villages. He earned more by delivering water to more villages. However, he also had higher commitments as he had to pay even more wages to more employees.

As Bill’s pipeline construction was completed, he again offered his high speed,

high volume, low cost, and clean water delivery system to those larger villages.

Again, the villagers cheered and immediately ran to Bill’s pipelines.

As Jack’s business was bad, he soon sold off some of his personal assets to finance his business and to pay his employees. He also borrowed more money at fixed interest rates, sacked a few of his employees to cut cost and worked even longer hours himself to ensure sufficient supply of water to the villages.

Soon, Bill’s pipeline delivery services expanded to all the villages around the world. Although he only makes a few cents per bucket of water delivered, his pipelines deliver billions of buckets of water everyday, around the world. Regardless of whether he works or not, billions of people consume billions of buckets of water, and all that money pours into his bank account. Bill had developed a pipeline to deliver money to himself as well as water to the villages.

Bill lived happily ever after with all the time freedom and financial freedom to enjoy his life and to provide the best things for his loved ones, while Jack worked hard for the rest of his life, not having time for other important things in life, had financial problems, unhappiness and family arguments forever after.

Are you trading time for more money?

Or are you willing to look at the longer-term and start building a pipeline today to provide yourself with constant flow of steady income…that will last long after you’ve stopped working on building the pipeline?

Han Ming
http://www.articlesbase.com/entrepreneurship-articles/real-life-financial-story-92828.html

I am interested in knowing more about the work of a Universal Banker or Personal Banker with US Bank. I realize that one component of a banker’s work is to open new accounts, cross-sell other financial services to existing customers, and try to seek out new customers. Would you describe this job as a high pressure sales position? Are there specific sales quotas that bankers have to meet to avoid losing their jobs? I once worked as a drivethru teller for Wells Fargo and ultimately left because I could not reach their sales quotas. I don’t want to make the same mistake twice but perhaps US Bank is a little less demanding in that area. Furthermore, perhaps it is easier to sell in a banker position when you can take your time to sit down with customers one-on-one than as a teller when your customers just want to get in, get out, and be on their way. What are your experiences?

I think you will find that most banking positions which involve performance pay will require a certain number of new accounts to be opened. Salaries are high in most companies and you will be expected to perform at the highest level. I would expect most banks to operate the same regardless of what is on the sign out front.

Computer security and privacy gurus admonish users to never write down user names and passwords and to never use the same password repeatedly for different accounts. But with the proliferation of websites giving us access to confidential information like our bank and investment account balances, keeping passwords straight in your head has become a mind-boggling proposition.

After several years of empty promises, account aggregation technology has finally achieved a level of security and reliability to make it valuable for consumers. Account aggregation websites use sophisticated software called “screen scraping” to gather data from those PIN-protected accounts that have been authorized by the individual. The sites present the information in an easy-to-use graphic interface.

What kinds of accounts can be aggregated? Virtually any that report balances on a website: checking and savings accounts, investment accounts, mutual funds, 401(k) accounts, frequent flier and reward plans, travel reservation services, credit card accounts and loans. Even monthly expenses such as phone or utility bills, if available online, can be included in your aggregated account.

After you’ve authorized the accounts the aggregation service can access for you, you can manage those accounts by setting payment or low-balance reminders, making on-line payments and tracking your net worth.

Some sites even offer digital document storage, providing a paperless depository for wills, insurance policies, powers of attorney, contracts and other important documents. Having such information easily accessible can be a relief for your family if, for example, you become incapacitated or die suddenly.

Obvious benefits to account aggregation include ease of access (only one password to remember), a one-stop source for financial as well as non-financial information, information available any time and less time spent reviewing paper statements.

An even bigger benefit comes in the enhanced picture your financial professional can get of your personal situation. Knowing your liabilities (credit card accounts, mortgage, auto loan) as well as your assets can help your trusted advisor build a more complete financial plan and keep current on your status.

Not all aggregation sites offer the same amenities, so make sure the site has everything you need before you do the work of setting up your accounts for aggregation. You may want to visit with your financial professional, who may offer an account aggregation tool among his or her services. If not, he or she can help you determine which features will be most valuable to both of you in building that big picture of your personal finances.

Robert Valentine
http://www.articlesbase.com/finance-articles/round-up-your-financial-reports-58712.html

A debt management company has the prime purpose to help debt laden individuals or business find their way out of debt. Rather than just extend more credit to the consumer; however, the company instead offers services that enables the consumer to consolidate all outstanding debts into a single, more comfortable payment amount that can be easily managed in installments.

Debt management and consolidation opportunities are well suited options for businesses that find themselves on the verge of filing bankruptcy. A common ratio that is seen as the warning point is when more than 40% of the after-tax income is being used to repay debts. Anything above the 40% mark is often seen as unmanageable.

Professional debt management companies have experienced counselors who are trained to take a good, hard look at your income, your expenses, and your spending habits and advise you as to what needs to be done. They are also able to negotiate with your creditors in order to arrange for additional items on your behalf such as lower interest rates, longer repayment periods, etc. Your credit counselor will even talk go the unpleasant and often rude representatives of any collection agents that may have been hassling you. This, in and of itself, is a blessing.

When selecting a debt management company, keep in mind that there are several different types. Some are for-profit and others are not-for-profit. The for-profit organizations charge a somewhat heft fee but almost always provide excellent, high quality services. Not-for-profit agencies often are paid through government funding and grants and therefore may be overworked and backlogged. Selecting a firm of either type should be a major decision for you and you should do some research to find the best possible alternative to assist you in your situation. One thing to look at when selecting an agency is how often they pay the creditors on your behalf. If they pay weekly or frequently you will get lower interest rates and no late fees. If they don’t pay out regularly, there may be some financial instability or a lack of reserve funds. These are big warning signs to you as a consumer and you should probably put your trust and monies elsewhere.

Beyond hiring an agency, however, there are some simple do it yourself debt management solutions you can try. Here are some suggestions:

- First of all find a way to manage credit card debt. For example, replace your credit card with a debit card. By limiting your spending to money you have in hand (or bank) you alleviate the interest rate which equates to money in your pocket. Most consumer debt is acquired through the use of credit cards. If you are uncertain about a debit card, trade the credit card in for the old fashioned and very hard earned cash. If you don’t see yourself losing the credit card or gaining the debit card, you should, at the very least, find the lowest interest rate card you can and transfer your balances over.

- Additionally, if you own a home, consider taking out a home equity loan to pay off the debts. Generally any interest rate a home equity loan would have would be much less than the interest rate on a credit card and thus it is again, a way to ultimately save money. Keep in mind, however, that if you continue with the wreckless spending habits, the home is now collateral on the loan and you could wind up losing it if you default on the loan.

- Consider whether or not you should consolidate debt. Taking out a debt consolidation loan to move all your debts into one loan and minimize your exposure and payments. The interest will be less on the consolidation loan than the cumulative amount it would be between the other debts which would result in a significant savings to you over time.

- Consider selling items you no longer use or need. Extra income generated through any types of sales could be placed toward your outstanding debts.

Any of these debt management solutions will help make a difference in a personal or small business financial plan and will assist in making you debt free and worry free before you know it.

Johnathan Bakers
http://www.articlesbase.com/finance-articles/consolidate-debt-to-create-financial-solutions-114973.html

Imagine if the concept of interest charges disappeared. You would not earn interest on your savings, but you would also not be charged interest on your debts. Who knows, some flat-rate service fee may cover the bank’s costs instead.

In fact, I hear the Arab world once had a banking system like that for religious reasons, and still may. I wonder if their reality is less ridden by instances of personal financial troubles than the western system because of it?

Is there anyone in the know to say something interesting about the topic?

Thanks.

ability to borrow money allows faster development of businesses, corporations, etc. If interest per se did not exist then would probably end up with something else, perhaps akin to arab style (investing instead of lending). If that didn’t exist, then something else, perhaps if nothing else were allowed than gov’t would do all the investing through taxes and grants.