Over the next several posts, I will be sharing 10 tips to protect yourself against identity theft. Here’s tip #1:
Think before you share. Regardless of where you are when asked for your personally identifiable information (PII), think before sharing anything. Understand that, just because a field exists on an online profile page or a retailer’s preferred customer card application, you do not have to complete it. Along those same lines, it is important to show restraint when volunteering information about yourself in posts on social networking sites.
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