Identity Protection

What Can I Do to Protect My Identity and Prevent Identity Theft?

• Take stock. Know what personal information you have in your files and on your computers.
• Scale down. Keep only what you need for your business.
• Lock it. Protect the information in your care.
• Pitch it. Properly dispose of what you no longer need.
• Plan ahead. Create a plan to respond to security incidents.

Learn More:

• Guarding Vanderbilt information
• Download Guarding Vanderbilt Information .pdf
• Access Debix
• Federal Trade Commission ID Theft Resources
• Federal Trade Commission Tutorial on Protecting Personal Information
• Identity Theft Resource Center
• Personal Identity Theft Protection Toolkit (.pdf)
• Personal Information Protection for Businesses Toolkit (.pdf)
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse – Running List of Data Breaches (.pdf)