Tip of the Day: Guarding your privacy

Tip of the Day is a new addition to the Kat Country Hub blog. There will be many varieties of tips over many subjects. If you have a tip to offer, feel free to email it to katcountryhub@gmail.com.

Guard your identity agains hackers with these tips: 1. Don’t sign the back of your credit card. Some recommend instead writing “photo id required” bringing your card to the attention of more store employees, thus if it were stolen, the photo would not match the card.

2. Don’t put your phone number on your checks. You can always write it on the check when making your purchase.

3. Be aware of which of your credit cards have the RFID chips because the information on those may be obtained by anyone near you using a hand-held scanner.

4.Photo copy both sides of the contents of your bill fold, such as drivers license, credit cards, etc. Then, if you did have your identity stolen, or need to cancel your cards, you know what was in your bill fold, and which accounts to cancel and the account numbers and other information you will need to do so. Place the photo copies in a safe place, being sure to update when acquiring new cards.

This is today’s tips. Stay tuned for more tips and please feel free to send in any tips you have to be included in the tip of the day!