At home, you’re vigilant about shredding bank statements and credit card offers. At work, you tear papers in pieces so no one will be able to piece them together. But what about other places? Are you as careful when you’re on vacation? This is the main area where I’m a bit lax on my identity protection. When we purchased identity theft protection, we were told that children’s IDs are more often stolen because the data doesn’t get checked on a regular basis. When a child applies for college or a first job, it can result in the discovery of a stolen ID that can take years to clean up. What a headache! There are simple fixes to help you avoid such disaster.
You know the basics. Don’t toss your receipts in the trash can at the gas station. When traveling, keep your hotel express checkout paper to shred when you get home. If you don’t have a shredder, though, it’s easy to make the simple mistake of leaving your identity vulnerable. Unfortunately identity thieves can find you anywhere. Make it harder for them to track you down by using Guard Your ID products. I received the small Stamp, a Regular Roller and a Camouflage Tape to review. I found these to be so easy to use! Guard Your ID really makes it simple to protect your identity on virtually any printed material.
The products are so versatile that anyone can use them. This would make a very thoughtful gift for an elderly parent who likes to keep their information private. Keep a set in your car and at your desk. You can save 25% on your purchase by using code BLOG2014. This discount is available through September 30, 2014. These products are earth-friendly, too. The rollers have a refillable cartridge so that they can be used for years to come. We often send in magazines and catalogs for craft projects at school; this is an easy way to cover our address without marking over it with a Sharpie. The camouflage tape is even useful for marking out profanity in novels when I don’t want my daughter to read such words! Every home and commercial office needs to keep Guard Your ID products on hand.
That is great. I really do worry about identity theft & those are an easy way to cover up personal info!
Okay this is SUPER cool and so affordable for all of the trouble it could prevent! I’m thinking stocking stuffers this Christmas!
Thanks for the 25% discount code. This sounds like a good service.
Ugh, identity theft is the scariest thing to me… I got notice from my insurance company a few months ago that someone changed my address in their system. I didn’t and it scared me to no end… Thanks for this post and idea to guard my id
This is awesome! We just went through someone stealing our info!!
What a great idea! I really need to invest in one of these!
What a cool little tool. I’ll have to get one of these.
Great tool. Thanks for sharing.
Isn’t scary we have to do these things? This definitely sounds like a great resource!
This looks so helpful. I know it would be great for my dad, who wants his information to be safe!
Oh I want to try this!
O wow! This is a really cool idea.
I love this idea… much easier then the shredder … OHH I soo want and need one, thanks for sharing.. this is a tool everyone should have!!!!!
That looks so handy!! I hate trying to destroy receipts while we are traveling and sometimes at home I just get lazy.
I’ve never seen that before. What a neat concept, and so valuable these days!
This is so cool. My husband previously worked in IT security and is constantly aware of the different things we need to do to protect our identities in the digital and real world. He would LOVE this (Christmas list, maybe!)
This is a great idea. Thanks for the code.
Great post. I didn’t even know these products were out there, but they would definitely be handy to have. We have stacks of things to shred but often it just piles up. Another thing often not thought about are your prescription labels. You don’t just want anyone having that information.