Craig Johnson - PeopleWhiz

Your Privacy

Cameras Are Tracking You and Your Car

Technology to match you, your license plate, and everywhere you drive is spreading faster than most states can protect privacy.

Your Privacy

What Is FCRA Compliance?

How employers can avoid legal violations when looking into the financial records of employees and potential hires.

Your Privacy

Public Records That Can Harm Your Credit Score

Any public record on your credit report is a mark against you, but some are worse than others.

Smarter Living

How to Keep Your Kids Safe Online

6 ways parents can reduce online risks to their children.

Your Privacy

Can You Delete or Change Your Own Public Records?

From home addresses to court records, what personal information can you take down or change?

Basics

Tips to Help You Pass a Background Check

We explain what it means to pass a background check and how to tilt the odds in your favor when you face a background check.

Basics

Reverse Address Lookup: Who Lives There?

Vet your neighbors, research a home for sale, and other good uses for a reverse address search.

Smarter Living

Job Hunting? What to Do About Gaps in Your Employment Record

Be prepared to address longer periods of downtime in a job interview with these valuable strategies.

Relationships

4 Things You Can Learn From a Person's Address History

Public records can reveal the messy truth that you won't always see on someone's social media.

Smarter Living

Know Your Neighbor: A "Golden Girls" Lesson

You might be friendly with the new neighbors at first, until George Clooney shows up.

Court Records

Can You Pass a Background Check With a Misdemeanor?

The possible consequences of having a misdemeanor on your background report, and how long it stays there.

Relationships

Find Hidden Social Media Profiles

Put on your sleuthing cap and deploy these 5 tried-and-true tricks to uncover hidden social media profiles.

Smarter Living

Defeat Porch Pirates: Tips for Avoiding Package Theft

Package thieves get bolder and smarter every day. Here's how you can outwit them and stop them from stealing your package.

Basics

Could a Background Check Hurt Your Job Search?

Some employers will look beyond your resume, but there are rules for what they can see about you and how they use it.

Relationships

Do Dating Apps Even Try to Verify Their Users' Backgrounds?

What the big services in the dating scene do to discourage abuse and how you can protect yourself.

Relationships

Is Your Divorce Public Record?

The realities of (and alternatives to) your divorce records being open to public view.

Smarter Living

The Free Tax Prep Service You Already Pay for but Probably Never Heard Of

70% of Americans could prepare their federal tax return easily online for free, if only they knew about the IRS Free File.

Relationships

Credit Scores and Committed Relationships: Your Love Match

The surprising link between lasting relationships and matching credit scores.

Your Privacy

Beware Friends Reading Posts: The Scary Social Media Loophole

If you think that restricting your account only to friends makes your social media interactions private, think again.

Basics

Why You Should Background-Search Yourself, and How

To potential employers, creditors, landlords, and strangers, your records are your reputation.

Your Privacy

Here's What Google Knows About You

If you printed out the personal details Google collects on the average person, the papers would stack as high as the Eiffel Tower.

Your Privacy

Shut It Down: How You Can Seal Your Court Records

These are the steps jurisdictions generally require before a judge might agree to seal, or even destroy, your records.

Smarter Living

Seller Beware: Your Online Ad Draws Scammers

We are instinctively cautious when purchasing from strangers, but scammers also pretend to be buyers. Learn to spot them.

Basics

How Public Records Give You an Edge in Homebuying

Dig up data on the seller, street, and neighborhood to inform your home search and your buying decisions.