Many internet bloggers and commenters have expressed their dislike for identity theft protection services that offer ways to help you protect your credit. One question for them is: do you actively protect your own identity?

Commenting that you don’t want to pay for a service that helps to protect you is fine. Many can do their own hair, but prefer to pay someone at a salon to do it for them. Many know how to change their own oil, yet they prefer to pay someone to do it for them. It’s the same with identity theft protection, only many do not know how to protect their identity on their own or are not aware that they should.

Advice to shred sensitive documents before discarding, keep sensitive information in a locked place, etc is extremely helpful and useful. However, no matter where you keep sensitive information or how you discard of it, companies and agencies are still likely to have your social security number, driver license number and more in their data files. These files can be accessed by dishonest employees and computer hackers.

What have you done to protect your own identity in this regard? Do you check your credit report, card statements regularly? Do you check for any loans or accounts opened in your name or address changes in your name that you did not personally authorize? Do you know how to find out whether someone has filed a change of address in your name?

This is why many people chose a service like LifeLock to protect them. Read thoroughly through the list of benefits that this company can offer and then decide for yourself whether you still choose to decline paying for a service that can help you.

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