Top 10 Ways to Avoid Identity Theft

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As a business owner you have a responsibility to safe guard your customers/clients personal information. Here are some tips for you to do that.

1. Have a good reason for requesting the personal information you gather.

2. Acquire personal information in a safe manner so that it cannot be overheard or seen by others.

3. Limit the availability of personal identifying information to selected staff.

4. Control access to databases containing personal information with passwords.

5. Shred paperwork containing personal or sensitive information.

6. Render electronic documents and databases containing personal information unreadable prior to disposal.

7. Avoid displaying, using or exchanging personal information (especially Social Security numbers -- but also employee or membership cards, timecards, work schedules, licenses or permits, and computer access codes).

8. Conduct regular background checks on ALL employees (including mailroom staff, cleaning crews, temp workers, and computer or hotline service techs) with access to identifying or personal information.

9. Train personnel in the proper procedures regarding information handling and disclosure.

10. Use alternative identifiers for employees, clients and customers and require health insurance providers to do the same.

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Alvah Parker is a Practice Advisor (The Attorneys’ Coach) and a Career Changers’ Coach as well as publisher of "Parker’s Points", an email tip list and "Road to Success", an ezine. Subscribe now to these free monthly publications at her website http://www.asparker.com/samples.html and receive a free values assessment. Work becomes more meaningful and enjoyable when you work from your values. Alvah Parker began her career as a high school chemistry teacher. She later transitioned to a sales career at AT&T. As a Sales Professional at AT&T for 15 years she was elected to the prestigious Counsel of Leaders for the top 3% of the sales force. After leaving AT&T she transitioned into a coaching career. Alvah is a senior coach for Boxwood Technology where she coaches association members on career issues and also a SCORE Business Counselor where she advises and counsels small business owners. Parker’s Value Program© enables her clients to find their own way to work that is more fulfilling and profitable. Her clients are attorneys, entrepreneurs, managers and people in transition who want to find work that is in line with their own values. Alvah is found on the web at http://www.asparker.com. She may also be reached at 781-598-0388.
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