1. How To Help Prevent Identity Theft
Quick Tips For Avoiding A Headache

2. How Common Is Identity Theft?
 Since 2005 – 4,000 cases of data breach according
to PrivacyRights.org
 600 million records
 According to Public Citizen In 2010 – 7% of all
American households were victims of some form of
identity theft or data breach

3. People face situations like this…
 ALL THE TIME
 Forbes published an article regarding data breach.
There are hundreds of Americans who suffer from
identity theft after making online purchases, either
because their computer or personal accounts where
hacked or the most common when data breach
occurs.

4. So…
How Can You Prevent
This?

5. How To Secure Your Info Offline
 Lock all the important documents in your home
 Financial documents
 Social Security
 Limit what you carry
 Only take ID and necessary credit/debit cards
 Leave Social Security card at home!
 Shred important documents that aren’t necessary
 Receipts, credit offers, credit applications, insurance
forms, checks, bank statements, expired cards, etc.
 Learn more at the Federal Trade Commission

6. How To Secure Your Info Online
 Beware of Impersonators
 Don’t give out information on the phone unless you
absolutely know who you’re dealing with
 Don’t give out your information from unfamiliar email
addresses
 Wipe Information
 If you’re disposing of a computer, wipe the information
from the hard drive
 Password Protection
 Create strong passwords with capital letters, numbers
AND special characters
 Private

7. Protect Your Information
You can’t completely be safe but taking
these precautions will help you and
your information stay safe!