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Identity theft - Protecting your personal details

Woman On Phone NewYour front door has a lock on it to prevent complete strangers from wandering in and rummaging through your drawers. But you also need to protect your personal details too, not with locks perhaps, but just as carefully.

In this in-depth guide to protecting your personal details we explain what identity theft is, what the risks are and how you can avoid them.

You can read the guide by using the menu on the right, or downloading it as a leaflet Identity Theft - Protect your personal details (321 KB).

Andrew Bibby and Paul Ticher
May 2007

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