As a former Military Police Officer, Counterintelligence Special Agent and Internal Investigator, I am keenly aware of the threat of Identity Theft.  Our personal information is floating  in cyberspace, thrown away as junk mail, and handed to cashiers on a regular basis.  A few precautions you can take to avoid being a victim of identity theft are shred junk mail, only utilize trusted sites on the internet when providing personal information and only reply to emails from people/businesses you know.  These painless steps can greatly reduce your expose to identity theft.