Recently I wrote an article about why so many stores ask for your ZIP code at check-out. With your name and ZIP they can turn to outside data brokers to learn your address, phone number and email -- ...

Privacy is something that I have pretty much given up on. Maybe that's why I don't go ballistic (or even mildly nuts) when a store clerk taking my credit card ...

"Did you find everything all right?" More and more, that checkout-line staple is followed by another seemingly innocuous question: "May I have your ZIP code, please?" Is the latter query a harmless ...

When it comes to paying with plastic at the cash register, you know the drill. A quick swipe, a signature and the contents of your shopping cart are yours. But sometimes the cashier asks for one more ...

It's very easy to chalk up certain facets of our lives to just being "the way it's always been." From daylight savings time to time zones, most of us don't even give a second thought to the meaning ...

Hanna Horvath is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and Red Venture's senior editor of content partnerships. Fox Money is a personal finance hub featuring content generated by Credible Operations, Inc.