Using the Internet to Protect Against Identity Theft

A sad fact that most know: There are a wide variety of ways to have your identity stolen—from dumpster-diving trash-scroungers to unscrupulous retail employees availing themselves of your personal information. Nevertheless, the Internet retains perhaps the most notorious reputation for being an at-risk arena, a place in which online transactions are particularly imperiled with the threat of high-tech thievery.

The deservedness of this reputation aside, a lesser-known fact is that the Internet also offers a number of means to protect oneself against identity theft—in addition to numerous resources to lend assistance to those who have been victimized.