Is Identity Protection Worth Buying From My Insurance? WSOC TV [Video]

Identity protection is both vital and extremely challenging in 2024. Practically every month, another major data breach causes millions of customers to receive emails notifying them their personal information “is on the dark web.”

But unless you want to avoid all the convenience of digital life, it’s difficult to avoid at least a single instance of a company failing to protect your data.

Everyone and everything from Google to A.I. to your Uncle Jack to every financial “guru” on social media has opinions about the best strategy or product to help you defend yourself. But many times, money, and perhaps even commissions, are involved.

My insurance company will give me a form of identity protection for just $36 a year. Should I take it?

It sounds like a great topic to ask money expert Clark Howard for advice. And that’s just what a Clark listener did recently.

Asked Blanca in …