Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
AVAILABLE HERE
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Identity Theft
I've always considered myself and everyone I meet in life as individual with our own unique personality, idiosyncrasies, postural habits, abilities, talents and identity. Now I read and hear so much about Identity Theft that I am beginning to question my own understanding of what is unique and what is not.
If I ever tried to 'sell' my identity (not that I would consider doing such a foolish thing) no one would pay for it. Nor could I really 'lose' it... "Excuse me, you haven't seen my 'identity' anywhere have you? I seem to have misplaced it." But apparently there are a great many people out there who would steal it if they possibly could. Hmmm.... confusing.
I consider 'Who I am' as being personality, character, sense of humour, attitudes, how I prioritise, my loves, likes, tastes in art, clothing, music, friends, preferences in activities, how I spend my time, hobbies, my intellect (notice how this comes low down the list!?) intelligence and then there's facial features, body age, build, shape, height, skin colour, hair colour (I still have some despite being in mid-life), etc, etc. But these are all apparently worthless (I agree there's not much I can offer of value there); what apparently is of value is the name or coding and numbers that are associated with my persona that help me to be identifiable, not in person but on paper. What some naughty people may wish to do is not steal my body and 'real' self, (and I understand absolutely why in my case) but bits of paper such as driving licence, passport, bank details that represent me. However ransom may be considered fruitful if the victim's family has wealth, but again we're referring to numbers!
I hope never to make that trip to the Police station, "I've had my identity stolen. I can't find it anywhere!" "I don't know who I am anymore!" "Well actually I do know who I am, but other naughty people also know who I am. Which is why I'm told I should be worried. They've got some of my numbers!"
I have become so alarmed about all this in the last week I have signed up and paid my annual fee for Insurance against Identity Theft with CPP, not to protect the 'real me', personality, my physical being and character traits(!), but some bits of paper and numbers that represent my 'being'. And I'm glad to have done so. The Welcome Pack from CPP and their helpful advice on how to avoid Identity Theft is really worth a read and although I was familiar with most of the advice, there was a surprising amount of it that had not occurred to me. I can now help make sure that it is harder for my Identity to be stolen and if it is, the £50,000 insurance cover will ensure that I am not out of pocket in expenses on recovering my identity and I just have the inconvenience of it all to deal with....
Better safe than sorry.... :-)
