What I did was freeze my credit reports, that way no one can go into my credit and pretend to me to get new credit cards, buy a car, or get a mortgage.
The freezes are around $10 for each of the 3 credit bureaus [some States they are free] to freeze, and $10 to unfreeze for whatever reason. Very simple to do once you are on the credit bureau websites.
They notify you anytime someone tries to access your credit report. However, when we were refinancing the house we had to unfreeze the reports for a while. I have heard advertisements for LifeLock, but I have no experience with it.
The freezes are around $10 for each of the 3 credit bureaus [some States they are free] to freeze, and $10 to unfreeze for whatever reason. Very simple to do once you are on the credit bureau websites.