Be paranoid. People who are aware of their information and where it can be collected are going to more savvy about its disposal.

ATMS- Hole in the Walls- Cash Machines

• make sure that there is no one watching you put in your pin
• use a machine that is in a public place 
• make sure that the machine does not have a skimmer attached (IE a card reader attached to the card slot)
• Take you reciepts with you and dispose of them correctly
  
• Don't share your pin number
• Don't have the same pin number for all your accounts
• dont use birthdays/anniversary dates as pin numbers
• dont store pin numbers even ones "disguised" as phone numbers with the card
• Keep the card in sight at all times ie dont let the shop assistant take the card into the back room to process it
  

Finance

• Keep all of your finantial records in a safe place
• check your ATM reciepts with your statements
• know where your checkbook is and treat it like cash
• keep coppies of your card in your email account as a draft incase it is lost and you need the details
• if your wallet is stollen report ot immediately and cancel your cards
• when you are getting rid of finiantial data shred it before disposal
• got a new card... then destroy the old one and throw away the pieces in diffeent bins ie work bin... bin at the bus stop etc

Mail

• dont give your details to people on the street ie greenpeace collectors etc
• shred documents that contain your address
• shred correspondence that your are not keeping

Email

• no bank will ever ask for your bank account details or pin over the internet so don't get phished
• don't fill in on line surveys with your details
• only use sites that are secured for internet transactions
• make sure your virus scans are up to date
  
• don't save internet passwords, because if your computer is stolen then the thief has access to all your accounts
• when you sell a computer... Don't sell your hard drive.... destroy it. Even when the drive is wiped only the address labels ie the ability to find the data is lost... the data is still there until it is rewriten over

General

• teach all of your family to be security concious with their information ie certificates, medicare cards, licences
• when you move have mail redirected and send standard letters to companies you deal with to tell them you have moved
• If you think that your identity had been stolen then contact the police and have it investigated early
  

• Be safe