Shredding personal documents prevents identity theft by less than 5 percent but is an important step to keeping your identity safe. With tax season come and gone, now is the time to sort through documents, properly dispose of what is no longer needed and correctly store must-keep documents.

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CARSON CITY – A Senate panel was urged Tuesday to support an Assembly-approved plan that would help prevent identity theft by making less credit card information available on printed receipts.

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Do you check your credit report regularly? Do you shred important documents? If you answer “no” to those questions, you could potentially become a victim of identity theft.

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Sheriff offers ways to avoid identity theft (Chillicothe Gazette)

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JACKSON, MS (WLBT) – Four people involved in a massive identity theft ring faced a federal judge Wednesday. Latonja Casnel, Kimberly Gentry, Candance Brown and Jamaal Tyler each pleaded guilty to felony charges at the U.S. District Courthouse in Jackson.
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WALTHAM, Mass.—-IdentityTruth, the leading provider of a new breed of services to help consumers safeguard their privacy and identity, today is offering couples getting married, tips to help protect against identity theft.

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Protecting against Identity Theft While Planning a Wedding (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

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People who steal your name for a living are becoming more ingenious in desperate times. Take an identity theft ring that was smashed late last year. More than 20 people around the country were charged with stealing consumer data about…

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Identity theft is flourishing in a poor economy (The Star-Ledger)

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FINANCIAL fraud via identity theft is now our deepest worry, eclipsing both the fear of unemployment and the global financial crisis.
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Identity theft the sum of our fears (Mandurah Mail)

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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) – A Senate panel has been urged to support an Assembly-approved plan that would help prevent identity theft by making less credit card information available on printed receipts.
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Nevada lawmakers discuss identity theft prevention measure (KTVN Reno)

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A Senate panel was urged Tuesday to support an Assembly-approved plan that would help prevent identity theft by making less credit card information available on printed receipts.

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The number of people in the UK whose credit rating is damaged by identity theft could double over the next five years, a report has warned.

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Identity Theft Set To Double Within 5 Years (Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)

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