Protect Yourself From Identity Theft [Online] (Part 2)

In my previous post, Protect Yourself From Identity Theft (Part 1), we talked about the dangers of exposing your personal details on Facebook such your ID screenshots, passports, licenses, etc.

We also mentioned about the dangers in using credit cards in commercial establishments and I gave the Barnes and Noble credit card fraud incident in the US as an example.

And then we illustrated how a blogger’s account was copied and contents such as photos even with watermarks were stolen by an online thief.

With just those three classic examples of identity theft scenarios, we should remember that social media profiles and personal experience blogs are like public records of your personal information. Even if you decide to delete them later on, someone else must have already stolen what you posted before. Nightmares, huh?

Let’s now see what are the basic measures we can do to protect our identities online. Continue reading Protect Yourself From Identity Theft [Online] (Part 2)

Protect Yourself From Identity Theft (Part 1)

Being in the auditing and fraud investigating professions for sometime, I feel I have the responsibility to share what I have learned from this experience so that more people will be educated on best practices for fraud and identity theft detection and prevention.

It pays to be informed.

Facebook Creepers

Just this afternoon, a Facebook friend posted her Professional Regulatory Commission ID Card complete with all juicy information such as her full name, profession, birth date, registration number, and the expiry date of her license. Continue reading Protect Yourself From Identity Theft (Part 1)

Before RA 10175, There was RA 10173

While people are going gaga over the implementation of RA 10175 or known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, a prior Act has been signed by President Pnoy back in August: RA 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012.

Continue reading Before RA 10175, There was RA 10173