The Identity Theft Protection Guide: *Safeguard Your ... (ISBN 0312327099)

well done!:
I unfortunately first bought a book by Eric Gertler on this subject and found it impossible to read. Undeterred, I bought this book nect and founf it not only highly informative, but a pleasure to read through. I definitely recommend this book.

Excellent buy - an informative and quick read!:
I found this book helpful and easy to read. I especially enjoyed the self-test sections that allowed me to recognize where I'm most vulnerable and then concluded with definitive action items to take that are easy to implement. The author does a great job keeping these risks in perspective for you - highlighting things that affect most of us, like direct marketing and using the internet, and informing the reader about things like government surveillance that are important topics but may affect only a few of us. I do not feel more paranoid after reading this book, in fact I feel more knowledgable, more confident that i understand the risks, and therefore less paranoid overall. This book is a must-read for anyone who is concerned about protecting their personal privacy.

Where Am I? In the Village. What do you want? We want Information!:
If I had to select one thing that I learnt from this book it would be to buy a shredder. Not just any old shredder but a diamond cut shredder that is capable of shredding credit cards and discs. This is probably the most important thing anyone can do to protect and safeguard one's identity. In recent years we have become an information society. Not in the sense of an information economy where knowledge and the ability to utilise it enable money to be made but where factual information determines much of what we do. As money becomes indistinguishable from electronic transfers, the citizen's interaction with the world through the highway known as the internet, has led to the creation of virtual worlds and the rapid growth in cybercrime. The author methodically goes through the uses and abuses of facts and sets out checklists so that we can monitor our information health, warning us of potential risks and lauding our success in minimising potential abuses. Essentially she acknowledges that we cannot escape ourinformation being used by multiple bodies, government, for profit, and services. Given that acknowledgement she suggests that there are certain precautions and actions that we can take to ensure our informational integrity and thus participate without too much worry that our identities will be stolen which can have serious downside risks. Most of us have only a limited awareness of the extent to which information about ourselves and our lives exist and can be accessed and by who. This handy little book opens our eyes and our minds to both the inherent risks and possibilities involved and how to live with them. It goes without saying that I am happy to endorse this book as a primer on identity theft and how to live safely in the information society. We should encourage our teenagers to learn its lessons.

Not For Me:
I read this over the holidays. Maybe it works for others but this book was too complicated for me. It devotes too much time on reviewing my habits instead of telling me what to do in an easy to follow way.

LOVED!:
Thank you Amanda, for writing such a helpful book! An easy and informative read! Kudos!