Monday, November 23, 2009

What Lifelock Can Do

By Jean Nicholson

Your lifelock is involved every time you fill up an application form or information sheet, as the case may be, for whatever purpose it may be, whether for school, employment, bank account, credit, loan, mortgage, insurance plan, or any other identifying documents; it always requires you to state your full name, mothers full maiden (usually for banks and financing institutions), date of birth, social security number, tax identification number, and other sensitive personal information (SPI).

Any sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) such as social security number (SNN), alien registration number (A-Number), biometric identifiers, drivers license number, bank account, citizenship or immigration status, and medical data used to identity a person, may end up to irremediable damage to one's credibility should it falls into wrong hands like identity thieves.

These are essential information based from certain standards of distinct connotation, values or units. And this information is utilized to identify the person, specifically for banking use, which will allow access to the customer's account.

A biometric identifier is something unique in a person that separates him or her from other individuals, like the fingerprints. It is the most unique identifier of a person. No two people in this whole wide world have the same fingerprints not even twins. Take note, however, that not all PII is sensitive, such as those found on a business card or in a public phone directory, because it is intended to be publicized.

A lifelock is like a safety lock to your identity, that once it is unlocked, referring to the release of sensitive personal identifiable information, a part of your lifes deepest secret and most treasured entity becomes vulnerable to all the elements surrounding your existence. A stolen identity always leads to a badly beaten, shattered, broken ego which is the hardest thing to repair causing the victim to experience sleepless nights, moral shock, besmirched reputation and deeply wounded feelings that will take some time to heal. Time heals wounded feelings but always leaves a deep scar within the person.

Our identity distinguishes us from other people and it makes us what we are. Every person has his or her own trademark in his being and that is referring to that sacred identity which may be stolen anytime, anywhere and will be used for innumerable times without the knowledge of the victim.

Apparently, to keep our identity as safe as possible is a primordial consideration, for such to be kept unblemished or untarnished. If you feel you need such protection, just search online for private agencies that specialize in the protection of your identity against identity thieves. To sum it all up, whether the information if sensitive PII or not, all these constitute your Lifelock.

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