The Golden Rules to protect yourself
- Protect your personal and fiscal Identification
- Protect your other personal information – minimize the amount of information you communicate
- Review your Credit Reports
- Purchase a cross cut shredder and use it
- Reduce your exposure to postal mail theft
- Practice computer and internet safety
- Be cautious at cash machines
- Opt out of sharing your information
- Keep a copy of your personal documents
- Review your financial statements frequently
- Destroy your PC’s hard drive before discarding
- Be careful with returning product warranty information
- Use privacy screens
- If offers sound too good for you, don’t take them
- Watch out for skimming devices
- Prevent data breaches
- Use credit restrictions/freezes
- Stay informed about new modus operandi/Identity Theft practices
- If you are a victim – report it.