Title: Describe identity theft.
Course: Independent Living (22904-18)

Description should include

- responsibilities and strategies to prevent identity theft
  - keeping personal documents and information safe, private, and secure
  - analyzing risks associated with online shopping and online credit card use
  - using identity-theft services
- individuals’ rights as victims of identity theft
- the costs (i.e., financial, time) associated with identity theft.

Teacher Resources:

- Empowering Futures, One Dollar at a Time, VCEE
- Teen Teach-In, Virginia Events Jump$tart! Financial Smarts for Students
- Financial Fitness, FCCLA

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- Why should one be aware of one’s rights if one is a victim of identity theft?
- What are the costs of being a victim of identity theft?

Communication

- Why is it important to interact responsibly online and when using credit/debit transactions?

Leadership

- What should one do if one suspects one’s identity has been stolen or one has lost one’s debit/credit card?

Management

- What services can one use to safeguard one’s identity?
- How does one freeze one’s credit?