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Protecting your identity
Fact sheet (Washington State University. Cooperative Extension), 281E, Washington State University Extension
07/2017
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/12216
Abstract
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing white collar crimes. The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that 17.6 million persons age 16 or older were victims of identity theft in 2014 based on those surveyed, and fewer than 10% of the victims reported the incident to the police (McCarthy 2015). Regardless of the form it takes, identity thieves need to have at least some of your personally identifiable information (PII). This publication will provide advice on how residents of the United States can avoid identity theft and what to do if it happens to them. There’s always a risk that your identity can be stolen through a data breach or other third party situation. But by using these strategies, you could protect your identity and reduce the chances of identity theft.
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Details
- Title
- Protecting your identity
- Creators
- Christian R. Koehler (Author)
- Academic Unit
- Publications, WSU Extension
- Series
- Fact sheet (Washington State University. Cooperative Extension); 281E
- Publisher
- Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900502473801842
- Copyright
- In copyright ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report