Protecting Against Identity Theft

Protecting Against Identity Theft

Learning objectives

  • By the end of the lesson the learner will be able to: Explain the role businesses play in protecting personally identifying information that could be used to steal the identities of customer and employees. Evaluate your personal handling and disposal of customer and employee private information. Construct daily habits and policies for proper handling of personally identifying information.

Course overview

One of the real threats of living in a society that does a lot of business without the use of physical cash is identity theft. In this course, you'll learn what identity theft is, how it's carried out, some strategies you can use to avoid it, and what to do if you think it's happened to you.

The individuals involved in the development and promotion of this course do not receive any compensation or financial benefits outside of their regular employment for their work on this course.


  • 9 minutes
  • Format: Video
  • English
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