Abstract
This chapter describes the precautions one can take, both online and offline, to protect private data. The chapter explains what should be done when someone succeeds in using one's identity to commit an associated crime of fraud. One should begin by understanding what has happened and should report the crime to police. It is important to help collect documents that the police will need to investigate the theft, such as bank records, credit card statements, and credit bureau reports. If one can obtain these documents, the investigation can be sped up by eliminating the need to complete permission affidavits. After one notifies the police, one should notify the merchants, lenders, banks, and other service providers with whom one's identity was fraudulently used to obtain goods or services. In each case, it is necessary to let the appropriate entities know that one has been a victim of fraud, and one needs to request that the account be closed.
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