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Important... Keeping Your Personal Info Safe

Technology today has made our world muchShred any documents that you do not need any
smaller, and has given us amazing tools suchlonger instead of just tossing the paperwork
as the Internet, high speed Personalinto  the  trash.
Computers [ PC's ] and medical technology
that we could only dream about no so veryIdentity thieves will also try to dupe you
long  ago.into giving personal information either in
person, over the phone or by using fraudulent
With the good comes the bad. Many today haveofficial sounding e-mails. And of course,
their privacy invaded by unscrupulous groupstoday's personal computers can hold plenty of
and individuals in our society intent oninformation useful to fraudsters. It is very
obtaining personal information by whateverimportant that we use proper firewalls, use
means. These thieves have the tenacity to usereliable and up to date anti-virus software
the very technology that has been trulyand programs that can identify and weed out
beneficial to everyone and use it against thespam,  trojans  or  other  mal-ware.
unsuspecting public. The identity thieves
trick the unsuspecting public and gain thisIt is in your best interest to be wary. Be
personal information via such methods assuspicious of anyone seeking too much
hacking personal files on the Internet andpersonal information, and don't be afraid to
using rouses like spam and other trickychallenge them by asking "why do you need
techniques such as phishing to steal yourthose details?" - a legitimate enquirer won't
identity.mind you asking. Make sure you store all
important documents and details, such as your
Understanding how the unscrupulous obtainbirth certificate, national insurance number,
this private information help us to look atreceipts and bank statements, in a safe
ways to make it harder for these low-lives toplace.
play  their  game.
As mentioned earlier, anything containing
Thieves can use even the most mundane ofpersonal information that you intend to throw
personal details to help them "verify" thatout should be destroyed before it is put in
they are someone they aren't. One of the mostthe trash bin. Using a household paper
common ways of obtaining personal details isshredder is not taking things too far. If you
"trash bin raiding". This tactic isthink you have become the victim of an
surprisingly common in affluent areas and isidentity thief, report it to the police,
spreading out of towns to the countryside;local authority and relevant government
with 75% of local authorities now admittingdepartments  or  companies  immediately.
it  happens  regularly in their jurisdiction.
We should also keep personal information
An exercise carried out with the support ofstored on computers in "encrypted" folders.
the English Nottingham City Council andEncryption scrambles the contents of your
Nottingham Shire Police analyzed the contentschosen folder so it cannot be read by anyone
of hundreds of household bins to see whatelse. You can "unscramble" the contents using
people were throwing away. It found that aa password. Many well-known software
whopping 86% of domestic rubbish containedcompanies offer free downloads to help you
information  helpful  to  fraudsters.with encryption, or encryption can be an
option  under your standard operating system.
Three quarters of the bins that were checked
contained the full name and address of atMaking sure that all our private information
least one person from the household, whileis kept from roaming eyes may not sound too
20% of trash bins contained a bank accounthard to do. But there are many people who are
number and other data that could be linked toaware of this problem, know how to protect
the name and address of a person from thetheir data, but either through neglect,
house.laziness or just not taking the time to do
what is suggested, are sitting ducks for the
So don't keep all of your bills, receipts andpersonal  data  thieves.
other personal documents in an obvious place
and if you can lock it away, do so… IfPlease....don't let you or anyone in your
you don't have anywhere to lock it, try andfamily be that person. Thoughts and
keep it somewhere out of the way, or separateintensions are great but without action there
it  out.is no accomplishment. Put these
recommendations into effect today!
Consider investing in a good paper shredder!



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