What is identity theft?

Identity theft refers to the unauthorized use of an individual's personal identifying information (PII), such as name, social security number, bank information, and other related sensitive information that can compromise a person's privacy, security, and financial assets.

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Each family member is unique, requiring their own identity and privacy protection.

That’s why McAfee+ Family plans include personalized protection for each member of the family. Each parent, child, or grandparent can set up and manage their own protection for their identity, privacy, computers, and phones. So everyone in your family can enjoy life online safely (and you can rest easy).

Protect up to 6 members

Family security for privacy, identity, and ID theft

Identity monitoring alerts all family members if their personal info is found on the dark web.

Personal Data Cleanup shows which data broker sites have collected your personal info and helps to remove it (for 2 adults)

Online Account Cleanup shows which companies have access to your data and removes it before data breaches even happen (for 2 adults)

Social Privacy Manager helps safeguard the family’s privacy on social media in just a few clicks, with personalized recommendations for your privacy settings.

$2M Identity theft coverage and $25K ransomware coverage (as part of your identity theft coverage).

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Protection Score keeps everyone safer

When each family member is safer, the whole family stays safer. That's why Protection Score checks the health of each family member. Everyone gets their own score and custom guidance for better online safety.

Keep your kids safe online

Protection for your kids’ connected lives

Help provide the supervision kids need to stay safe, even when you can't be next to them.

Help protect them from inappropriate content and unsafe people online.
Manage screen time.
Browse confidently knowing everyone in the family will be alerted to dangerous websites and links.

Protect your personal info from data breaches

You've likely created hundreds of online accounts over the years, and the more accounts you've created, the more likely it is that one of them gets breached.

Don’t worry –Online Account Cleanup scans and shows you which companies have access to your data and which personal details they might have. If you’re a McAfee+ Ultimate customer, we’ll help you delete the accounts you choose with a single click!

Why do identity theft protection and privacy matter?

1 in 5 people

will fall victim to identity
fraud

85%

want to protect their
identity online

76%

are concerned that their information ends up on the dark web

You may need identity and privacy protection more than you know

Find out instantly if your privacy was breached and your identity exposed.

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With 37 billion consumer records stolen in 2020, we're here to help.

What should you do if your email IS NOT part of a breach?

Email is just one of many types of personal info found in data breaches.

Extensive monitoring with guidance

McAfee can help you keep tabs on up to 60 unique pieces of personal data, including email addresses, credit cards, bank accounts, government ID numbers, and more.

Additionally, we'll also help get you back to safety quickly and effectively with easy-to-understand guidance based on industry best practices.

Earlier, effective detection

A timely response can make your breached info entirely useless to a fraudster who is trying to find out more about you.

McAfee's identity monitoring service can detect and warn you of a breach an average of 10 months in advance of similar services, so you can secure your info before they use it to access more of your personal info.

Comprehensive security matters

Identity monitoring is just one of many ways McAfee can help keep you in the know if you're at risk. Hackers will generally pursue multiple avenues of attacks to try and get enough information on you or your loved ones to achieve identity fraud.

McAfee can help protect your privacy, identity, and devices under a comprehensive umbrella of protection, so you and your family can go online with peace-of-mind.

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What should you do if your email is found as part of a breach?

Secure your account

Change your password for the affected login account. This will stop hackers from accessing your account and stealing more information about you.

With McAfee, you'll have access to detailed information to help you determine which account is at risk.

Use unique, strong passwords

An identity thief generally uses stolen login info from a breach to try and access other accounts that may have the same email and password combination.

Use a secure password manager to generate and store unique passwords for every site where you have an account. McAfee can help you with our encrypted password manager, synced online across multiple devices for your convenience.

Keep an eye out for additional breaches

Breaches occur when companies who have vulnerabilities in security are exploited by hackers.

McAfee can help you stay ahead of identity theft by detecting and alerting you of these breaches an average of 10 months in advance of similar services, to give you a fighting chance of averting identity theft altogether.

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What our customers are saying

I feel more secure with my personal information.

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We are worried about identity theft and can now feel protected

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I feel very secure with McAfee Security. I get notifications of breaches and immediately take action to resolve them. I love that I can protect 5 devices and that I can add a multitude of personal data to be watched.

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Monitor

We continuously monitor for threats to your identity on the dark web.

Alert

We'll alert you of any info found on the dark web and provide guidance of actions to take to secure your accounts.

Resolve

If you become a victim of identity theft, an identity restoration expert will work with you to fix it.

Reimburse

With our McAfee+ Ultimate plan, we'll reimburse funds stolen up to $1 million (USD) due to identity theft per your coverage plan.‡

How does identity monitoring work?

We monitor your personal info for breaches so you can take action to secure your
accounts before they can be used for possible identity theft.

Get set up

Enter your personal info to be monitored. We’ll monitor the dark web for the most critical details of your life online, like bank account and credit card numbers to your email addresses, national IDs, and more.

Get advanced alerts

You’ll be alerted up to 10 months before similar dark web monitoring services if your info is found where it shouldn’t be.

Proactive, guided protection

Get quick and guided help to secure your identity. We’ll help you to reset your passwords to help ensure your accounts and personal info stay protected.

How does Personal Data Cleanup maintain your privacy?

Here’s how this feature takes your personal info back from data broker and people search sites.

Get set up

Input your name, date of birth, and
home address.

Scan

We scan this info against a list of
data broker sites

Review

Within minutes, we’ll show you where we found your personal info, and what data the sites have.

Remove

We'll direct you to remove your personal info from public data broker & people search sites or do it for you with our Advanced plan.

Ongoing

We'll regularly scan data broker & people search sites for your personal info and alert you if it's found or reappears with our Advanced and Ultimate plans.

Secure VPN makes every internet connection private

Protect your online privacy automatically when you connect to public Wi-Fi. Safeguard your personal data and activity as you bank, shop, and browse online.

Personal Data Cleanup removes your info from broker sites

See which sites are selling your personal data to the public without your permission with Personal Data Cleanup. We’ll provide guidance on how to remove it so you can feel more confident online. Automated removal is available with select plans.

Safeguard your privacy on social media

We’ll help you adjust more than 100 privacy settings across your social media accounts in just a few clicks, so your personal info is only visible to the people you want to share it with.

Antivirus protection is for your security online

Our antivirus protection helps secure you from online threats like phishing, viruses, hackers, and ransomware. It runs in the background to provide real-time protection to all your devices, without interfering with your browsing experience.

It’s simple to install and use with 1-click fixes to help you and your family stay safer online.

FAQs

These answers might help.

Identity theft refers to the unauthorized use of an individual's personally identifiable information (PII), such as name, national ID, bank information, and other sensitive information that can compromise a person’s privacy, security, and financial assets.

You can protect yourself against identity theft by securing your personal information -- online and offline. Make sure to engage in best practices such as using strong passwords, protecting your devices with updated security software, monitoring your bank transactions, securing your personal documents, and minimizing the amount of information you share online.

For proactive protection, McAfee® can actively monitor your sensitive information and give step-by-step guidance when you need it the most.

Begin by analyzing the situation and reviewing the compromised information. Then, notify the relevant authorities, such as your bank, coverage agency, a local police station, or a national cybercrime complaint center. While the relevant authorities are helping you with the case, check and secure your financial accounts, devices, and proof of identity.

Select McAfee plans include identity theft coverage to cover up to $2,000,000 of qualifying losses, and hands-on restoration support to help you reclaim your identity. Identity theft coverage not available to subscribers in the State of NY or Puerto Rico due to regulatory compliance.

The most common form of identity theft is financial identity theft, which refers to any type of theft when someone uses another individual’s information for financial gain. Some examples are New Account Fraud, Account Takeover Fraud, Business Identity Theft, and Tax-Related Identity Theft.

You must report identify theft to the FTC at https://www.identitytheft.gov/#/assistant or 1-877-438-4338. Prepare your personal identity documents such as ID cards or SSN to verify your name, utility bill/mortgage statement for address verification, along with bank or credit card statements to show where fraudulent transactions took place. The identify theft report proves to businesses that your identity has been stolen.

You can access and manage your identity protection on protection.mcafee.com.

Parental controls provides you with the ability to supervise and keep your kids safer online. When you sign up for a family plan, you’ll receive easy instructions to get set up with the parental controls app.

See what your kids are up to: View your kid’s device activity and location at a glance from your phone or desktop.
Set rules and time limits: Start off with age-based rules for apps and websites that you can customize based on your kid’s needs.
Know where your kids are: Locate them on a live map and receive automated notifications when they enter or leave familiar places like a school or the library.
Family requests: Collaborate with your kids by allowing them to request extra app time or access blocked apps or websites.

Why should I consider cleaning up my online accounts?

When you create an online account, your personal data is added to a company’s database and can remain there even after you delete the account. An internet user can have hundreds of online accounts, many of which they might not know are still active.

The more companies that have your personal info, the higher the chance one of them will get breached, putting you at risk of identity theft. We’ll help you delete these accounts for good so you can take back control of your privacy and even cut down on annoying spam emails.

How can McAfee help me clean up my online accounts?

We’ll show you which companies or websites have access to your personal information and provide steps on how to reach out to them to have it deleted. If you prefer to save time and have McAfee send the requests with a single click, the request will be transmitted directly from your email inbox. We help you send these requests, but we do not act as an agent on your behalf.

How will you see who has my personal data?

With your approval, we’ll scan the subject lines in your inbox to see which companies are emailing you and how much of your info they might have. We will only look at the email sender, subject line, timestamp, and the first few words of the email—we will not scan the full body of the email or any attachments.

We’ll then help you decide which accounts you want to keep and which you might want to delete to lower the risk of a data breach.

What’s the difference between “Scans” and “Full-service”?

Online Account Cleanup: Scans helps you find any accounts tied to your email and gives you clear instructions to reclaim your data. Online Account Cleanup: Scans is included in all McAfee+ plans.

Online Account Cleanup: Full-service not only finds your accounts, but lets the experts send the data deletion requests for you with a single click, saving you up to 10 hours or more* of manual work. Online Account Cleanup: Full-service is only included with McAfee+ Ultimate plans.

How did McAfee choose which data broker sites to monitor?
We selected the sites that we think pose the most privacy threats by looking at a number of criteria, including how prominent they are online, how much data they have in their database, the types of information they collect, and if a site is a data source for other people search sites. While no one can ever be completely immune from privacy and identity risks, knowing where your personal data is being collected and sold is a step in the right direction to reclaiming your privacy online.

How often does McAfee scan for my data on these sites?
We’ll automatically scan for your data every three months if you are enrolled in a plan that supports full-service removal.

How long does it take for McAfee to remove my data?
The time it takes to remove your personal data will vary based on the site. Most will remove your personal data within two weeks, while some can take up to 45 days. For plans that include full-service removal, we’ll reach out to the sites on your behalf, and follow up with them to make sure that your data gets taken down. When it’s all done, we’ll let you know via email and here in your McAfee Protection Center.

Can I request the sites to remove my data by myself?
Yes, you certainly can. However, the process of manually reaching out to each individual people search site is time consuming – you might just find yourself with a new weekend job. You may even have to provide them with more of your info before they will remove profiles about you. McAfee’s Personal Data Cleanup can do this for you.

Setting up family protection is simple. Just enter an email address and nickname for each person you want to invite.

Your family member will get a message to log in along with steps to set up protection for their computers, phones, web browsing, and passwords. They’ll also have their own identity monitoring to receive alerts when their personal data is found on the dark web.

Two adults can also find their personal info on data broker sites to remove it, and clean up personal info from old online accounts.

Each family member will have their own notifications and log in where they can check their Protection Score along with recommended steps to improve their score and overall online safety.

What's included in McAfee+ family plans?

Family plans come with identity restoration support, online privacy, and device security for up to 6 family members without having to share logins. Each family member can set up their own identity, privacy, and device protection features in the way that works best for them.

Each family member gets their own, Individual Protection Score, which shows how safe they are, with guidance on how to improve their protection. Plus, parents can help keep their children safe online and limit their risk exposure with parental controls.

Additional features for adults include Personal Data Cleanup, Online Account Cleanup, and more!

How do I share the subscription with my family?

To share your subscription with your family, log in to My Account and click Manage users and devices. From there, you can send an invitation to each family member to join your plan. Each family member will be able to set up their McAfee account and complete the setup for their online protection.

Why does my spouse need online protection if I already have it?

Every one of us has valuable personal data and our online privacy to protect. When you add your spouse as an adult family member on your family account, they will be able to set up and manage their own identity monitoring, Personal Data Cleanup to remove their info from data broker sites, and more.

How many people can I add to my family plan?

You can add up to 5 additional people to your family plan for a total of 2 adults and 4 children (minors).

Why should my children have online protection?

Kids need protection in many of the same ways adults do. They have usernames and email addresses that could be part of a data breach, finding their way to the dark web where criminals can access them.

When online, children (and adults) need to be notified when a website or link is risky and could lead to a phishing site or a malware download. And of course, device protection on their computers and phones can save them from online threats like viruses and hackers.

How will minors be able to manage their online protection?

The account owner can invite members as either an adult or a minor. Minors (and adults) will have access to their own accounts on the McAfee Protection Center. However, minors have access to fewer identity and privacy features than adults.

As a parent, you can choose to set up and manage your child’s account yourself and access the account in the McAfee Protection Center in order to stay on top of your child’s online protection settings, notifications, Protection Score, and recommended steps to improve your child’s online safety.

I have identity theft coverage with my McAfee+ plan. What should I do if I'm a victim of identity theft? Select McAfee plans include identity theft coverage to cover up to $1,000,000 (USD) of qualifying losses and provide restoration support to help you reclaim your identity.

If you think you may be a victim of identity theft and you have identity theft coverage with your McAfee+ plan, go to protection.mcafee.com and click on Go to dashboard in the gray Identity row and find Identity theft support.

How does Social Privacy Manager work?
Social Privacy Manager is a web extension that lets you manage your privacy settings across social media all from one place.

We do this by scanning your privacy settings on the different social media platforms you’ve connected and recommending changes that can help improve your privacy. You can choose which recommendations to apply and update your settings on each platform right from the extension.

Does McAfee scan all my settings on each social media platform?
We only scan key privacy settings on each platform you select. We organize these settings into four main categories: content visibility, ad preferences, social interactions, and platform experience.

You can review these settings by category on the Summary page.

What are my privacy recommendations based on?
Your privacy recommendations are based on the user type you select. This ensures our recommendations are tailored around how you use social media. For example, if someone prefers to post publicly on social media, we won’t recommend an update that would make their posts private.

You can change your user type at any time from your Social Privacy Manager settings. When you do, we’ll scan your settings on each platform again and update your recommendations based on your new user type.

Can McAfee see my private social media posts and messages?
We don't see any of your private social media posts, messages, or any other private data connected to your accounts, browser history, or device. We also will never post on your behalf or make changes to your profile.

Social Privacy Manager only looks at your privacy settings and can only update your settings when you approve.

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