Financial Literacy in Public Libraries: A Guide for Building Collections: Identity Theft

Offers a comprehensive overview of identity theft, including tips to avoid it, and what to do if you become the victim to identity theft. Available in print and eBook formats.

Child identity theft is the fastest growing type of identity theft, a crime that affects some 10 million people annually. Here, a veteran law enforcement professional and expert in child identity theft offers parents, educators, law enforcement officials, and others who care for or work with children an inside look at the ways in which children are vulnerable to identity thieves.

An analysis of flaws in cybersecurity, that allow criminals to access and drain bank accounts and access personal information.

Provides advice and resources to recognize what information vulnerable and how. Also, provides guidance for minimizing risk, improving internet safety, and steps to take if identity theft happens. Available in print and eBook formats.

Written for middle grade age children, large photographs help illustrate this information about online privacy and identity theft.

Discusses the vulnerabilities in Internet security, the types of websites most at risk to hacking, and emerging remedies to improve the situation. Available in print and eBook

Argues that the success of the Internet and World Wide Web has also brought about a variety of concerns including being overconnected and potential opportunities for information to be comprised over the Internet.

With so many data-based forms of technology in the world today, it can be hard to keep track of everything you need to know. In this book, students will learn how the collection and use of data plays an important role in projects of all kinds.

Discuss advantages and disadvantages to the age of big data. Authors offer insight for readers to adjust online behaviors and to keep information private, even when under possible surveillance.

Discusses implications for having personal information displayed on the Internet and includes tips for keeping your information safe. Available in print and eBook formats.

Describes the types of identity theft, how to avoid identity theft, and what to do when victimized. Available in print and eBook formats.