Protection

Have a look at our Protection category and make sure you are doing everything you can to protect yourself from identity theft. The articles include how to proctect your ID while abroad, shred household bills, check your credit score and many more.

Below are our 22 articles in the protection' category:

Caller ID and Personal Security
Many of us at some time or another will receive telephone calls from individuals or companies who withhold their telephone numbers. Although this...
Check Your Own Credit Score
There may come a time when you wish to make a purchase for which you simply do not have the funds available. Likewise you may wish to approach your...
Chip and Pin Fraud Prevention
Since 2006 how we pay for goods and services on the high street has changed as a result of Chip and PIN. The purpose of Chip and PIN is to make it...
Cold Calls and the Law
Most of us will - at one time or another - have received telephone calls, electronic mails or visits to our home which have been unsolicited. For...
Computer Repair and Security
There are times when we experience problems with our computers either at home or in the workplace; these problems are not always repairable on site...
Door Step Callers and Your Safety
We have all - at one time or another - answered our front doors to individuals from organisations asking us to subscribe, sponsor or buy a product on...
Gadgets to Help You Protect Your Data
Storing data is not simply a case of keeping it on your hard drive for protection; there are other ways and other gadgets available on the market to...
How the Mailing Preference Service Works
During the course of a year many of us receive hundreds if not thousands of pieces of unwanted and unsolicited junk mail which serves no purpose...
How to Check the ID of an Individual at your Door?
It is important if you live alone, or are left alone in the house, that you are conscious at all times of your own personal safety and also the...
How to Choose the Right Shredder
The latest estimates state that identity fraud alone costs the UK over £1.7 billion a year. If you think about the amount of paper documents that...
How to Create a Secure Password to Protect your Identity
Password security has over the last few years become very important. As online retail has taken off, saving your purchase details requires you to...
Identity Theft Facts and Figures
The crime of identity theft affects many people across the UK. Criminals impersonate their victims in order to obtain money, goods, services and...
Importance of Destroying Household Bills
Many of us fail to realise just how important the destruction of our household utility bills are once they have fulfilled their purpose. It is...
Key Issues in Identity Theft: Top Tips to Protect Yourself
Keep your Personal Identification Documents Safe The number one tip in avoiding identity theft is to make sure that you keep your Personal...
Personal Security and Your PC's Cache File
What are cache files and what information do they store on your computer - we look at these hidden files and offer straightforward advice on how to...
Protecting Your Identity While Abroad
Many of us during the course of our lives will visit foreign climbs either on business or holidays and with this in mind it is important to have an...
Q & A: What is RFID?
RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification and is a technology used to identify objects, animals or people automatically. It is already in...
Register With the Telephone Preference Service
Many of us will have - at one time or another - received calls to our home landlines which have been from individuals or companies trying to convince...
Safely Storing your Documents
There are many of us who fastidiously keep household bills and bank statements and other documents which contain information about ourselves that...
The Bereavement Register and Personal Safety
It is a common fact that at some time in our lives we will lose a loved one be they a wife, a husband, a son or a daughter and when that sorry events...
What is Data Patrolling?
With the emphasis very firmly on the use of the Internet in our daily lives it has become important to keep a check on what data we are passing over...
Your Driving Licence and your Passport
Two of the most important documents you will ever have in your possession are your driving licence and your passport. These documents not only...
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