We’ve all heard terrible stories about identity theft
– stolen credit card numbers, collection agencies calling about an account you
never opened – the list goes on and on. When even the Supreme Court has deemed
that there’s
nothing illegal about dumpster diving for Personally
Identifiable Information (PII), how can you protect yourself?
The answer is simple, and that’s to shred anything
that may have a signature, account number, social security number, or medical
or legal information before throwing it away. We’ve compiled a list of a few
common papers and documents you may have laying around the house, and how you
should properly dispose of them.
