Chances are you just finished dropping a boatload of money on holiday gifts. You probably paid for the bulk of your purchases with a debit or credit card, particularly if you did any of your shopping online. But what did you do to protect yourself against identity theft?

Probably not much — most people rarely, if ever, look over their shoulder before handing over their credit card. Some don't even bother to double-check that a Web site is secure before typing in the digits. But with an estimated 10 million cases of identity theft each year, paying close attention to your personal information is one of the only ways of keeping your personal information, and your money, safe.
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