Basic steps to protect your customers from identity theft

The Tennessean has a somewhat misleadingly titled article in today's edition, Technology can make identity theft more difficult. It is about what some companies are doing to protect personal information to make customers less vulnerable to identity theft. In reality, it outlines some very basic protection measures that have been implemented by these companies, like shielding social insurance numbers from accidental disclosure, vetting employees, using technological safeguards to protect premises and securely disposing of personal information.