NFCC to Lauch Protect Your Identity Week

With everything that is being done to punish identity thieves, identity theft is still a major problem. While companies and governments can take precautions to protect consumers, we all need to be doing our part to protect our own identities. The best way to do so is education regarding how identity thieves work and how we can keep our information out the hands of those who will us it fraudulently. The National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) is looking to provide the resources and education to increase consumer awareness of identity theft.

The NFCC is launching the Protect Your Identity Week October 19-25, 2008. Member agencies across the U.S. will be offering credit report reviews, shredding events, and identity theft workshops as well as other education focusing on preventions of ID theft. All events will be free and open to the public.

The NFCC has also launched a new Web site to tell you about PYIW events near you and provide information about protection and recovery for identity theft victims. Education is the best way to let people know what they may be doing on a daily basis to make themselves more vulnerable to identity theft. Making it national week will definitely help, but this education and protection should be available. I've added the web site to my list of resources. Hopefully they will expand it with more information that consumers can use all year round.