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Our mission is to help families and individuals protect their personal, credit, and financial assets from the constantly evolving threats of fraud so you can live your life with peace of mind.  Since then, we’ve helped protect over 38 million people with Trustpilot ratings over 4.5-stars as rated by our customers.  This powerful and extensive identity theft protection is available on your mobile device.\n\nHere’s how Identity Guard protects you:\n\n1. We monitor your personal information, credit, and bank account for signs of fraud.\n2. We alert you to fraud in near real-time.\n3. If you’re a victim of fraud, our U.S-based fraud agents will help you resolve the issue.\n4. All plans offer $1M identity theft insurance to cover legal fees, stolen funds, and more.*\n5. Our plans offer a variety of tools to help detect fraud which may include credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, near real-time alerts, credit lock, and so much more.\n\nMore privacy and protection than ever before.\n- Data Removal. Spam and robocalls be gone! We’ll send automatic requests on your behalf to request removal of your info from some of the largest data brokers that may be selling your personal info.\n- Secure VPN for Safe Browsing. Download our browser app, and with a click we’ll block phishing and scam sites that may steal your personal and financial info. Our VPN secures your privacy and identity.\n- Anti-tracker and Ad Blocker. With one-click, browse privately and with less distraction. Our browser extension helps to block ads and online trackers.\n\nAn Identity Guard subscription is required.\n\n\n- Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase.\n- Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the subscription period.\n- Length of subscription: one year\n- Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal.\n- Price of subscription: annual plan of $299.99\n- Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase.\n- No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period.\n\n\nPrivacy Policy: https://www.aura.com/legal/privacy-policy\nTerms of Service: https://www.identityguard.com/legal/terms-of-use \n\n*Identity Theft Insurance underwritten by American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida, an Assurant company. The description herein is a summary and intended for informational purposes only and does not include all terms, conditions and exclusions of the policies described. Please refer to the actual policies for terms, conditions, and exclusions of coverage. Coverage may not be available in all jurisdictions.\n\n\n**“Best for Fast Identity Theft Protection” winner on  Forbes Advisor as of Sept. 19, 2022.","facts":{"developer_id":325411753,"developer_url":"https://www.identityguard.com/","first_released":"2022-11-08T08:00:00Z","support_url":"https://www.identityguard.com/contact-us","privacy_url":"https://www.aura.com/legal/privacy-policy","website_url":"https://www.identityguard.com/","app_version":"26.23.0","release_notes":"We've been hard at work fixing bugs and enhancing stability to make your online experience more safe and secure. 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