Now that you’re about to purchase a new computer, it’s time to learn how to protect identity online and prevent identity theft. You can avoid identity theft and the high costs, labor, and frustration it costs to fix an identity theft-IF the problem can be fixed, of course. Preventing identity theft can be accomplished through privacy living. By far, the best idea is to avoid identity theft in the first place rather than having to go through the pain and expense of rehabiliting your stolen identity when an identity theft occurs.
Online identity theft is a favorite of identity theft fraud criminals as it provides the criminal with information minus the phone or personal contacts other crimes may require. And many people have no idea how to practice online consumer privacy making the identity thieves’ jobs an easy task when they find an unaware target.
How to protect identity online
Use these proven principles and concepts to keep identity thieves out of your online business.
1. Buy the computer for cash while leaving no paper trail from the store to your bank account or credit lines.
2. Establish an anonymous account with an internet service provider.
3. Use a proxy server for online surfing and online research.
4. Use a pseudo name for all e-mail correspondences.
5. Avoid giving strangers online any personal or business information.
Identity fraud is a costly crime and through an online identity theft, you could become vulnerable to any number of identity theft related crimes.
Medical identity theft and business identity theft are identity theft crimes that could occur if your e-mails contained information about your insurance policy or confidential business information.
Identity theft outlaws are a slick group of cons and often infiltrate forums and become e-mail list subscribers. So, as you manage your online business, be aware that certain “customers” may have motives to steal identity information.
We recommend privacy living principles that provide an individual and family with the ability to travel, bank, work, and live anonymously.
Grant Hall
