Electronic
Identity Theft Links and Information
Learn about Identity Theft before it is too late.
As I dentity theft has been called the fastest growing
crime in the USA it will not be long before you come face
to face with it. Knowledge is the strongest weapon in fighting
identity theft in all its forms. A well informed citizen
that follows all the rules carefully and is aware of all
the dangers is the best way to minimize the growth of Identity
theft.
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Deleting "Internet
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There have even been incidents where old
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Protect
Yourself against Identity Theft
The follwing is a list of general principles you must follow
to protect yourself from Identity theft:
- Shred all documents with your personal details (SSN,
credit card numbers etc.) before you throw them out.
- Use a secure locked mail box
- Never provide your SSN without making sure that the
organization takes special care in keeping all your data
to itself.
- If you have to provide your SSN oraly make sure that
no third party is around who may be listening.
- Never print your SSN or driving ID number on your checks.
- Order a copy of your credit reports at frequent intervals.
- Make sure that all your outgoing mail - especially if
they carry sensitive private information - is not left
unattended.
- Make sure your driving license does not have your SSN
written on it (Ask the DMV to change it ASAP if it does).
- Don't carry your Social Security card in your wallet.
- Do not leave any personal information on your PC if
third parties have access to it.
- Pay careful and extensive care in removing all information
that may exist in the PCs you use.
- Remove in an unrecoverable way ('shred') electronic
documents that you want to remove.
- Delete the history and cache of your internet browser.
- Do not provide your personal details through emails
or in non-secure (non SSL) websites.
- Clean previously deleted e-mail messages that are lingering
in your e-mail archives.
- Find and erase old and current Internet cache, cookies,
and history data permanently.
- Scan for hidden Internet history files not seen by Windows.
- Safely reclaim wasted disk space, because all "deleted"
files are not realy gone and takes up potentially dangerous
and useless space.
- Search your e-mail archives for previously deleted e-mail
messages.
- Setup daily, or weekly automatic cleaning schedules.
- Special windows integrated shredder for safe and fast
drag/drop file deletion.
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