Privacy Awareness Week - Mouths of Mums

The ATO is supporting Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) 2014, 4 -10 May.

YOUR IDENTITY IS IMPORTANT – PROTECT IT!

Confident your personal information is secure?

John Becker, Chief Information Security Officer at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), says Privacy Awareness Week is a reminder to everyone to keep identity and other important personal information secure.

“Don’t allow your Tax File Number (TFN) and other crucial information to be easy pickings for identity thieves. So keep your TFN secure and don’t put it into your mobile phone or keep it written down in your wallet or purse.

“Those are the first places identity thieves target. They can make your life a misery, running up huge bills or committing tax or other fraud, leaving you to pick up the pieces.

“I would also stress that the ATO will never contact you to ask you to confirm your TFN, ABN, bank account or other financial or personal details.”

“For our key tips on identity crime, including protecting your Tax File Number (TFN) visit our site Protect your TFN and read Watch out for scams – protect yourself.

Also you can do the ID theft test ID theft tool to check how at risk you are.

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47 Comments

- - mom94125 said
  - 05 Oct 2017
    12:47 am
and if something seems too goof to be true, it is

- - mom81879 said
  - 11 Nov 2015
    2:54 pm
So many steps to take to protect your privacy, I can’t keep up! If I always changed my passwords, no way would I remember them. It’s hard enough now without always updating them. What a pity the world is so corrupt now, makes life tougher for us honest people

- - dannsbuild said
  - 22 Sep 2015
    5:54 pm
Good knowledge to know! Thanks for sharing this!

- - matildaspice said
  - 10 Jan 2015
    8:01 pm
Great advice to keep this information separate from your wallet.

- - BellaB said
  - 26 Aug 2014
    12:06 pm
Yes, privacy is very important – safe guard your kids’ privacy too.

- - ginoula5 said
  - 14 Aug 2014
    2:21 pm
Great article, so many scams going around these days, people really should be double cautious before providing personal information.

- - mom71845 said
  - 27 Jul 2014
    4:57 pm
I did not know about privacy week. What an eye opener.

- - mom71845 said
  - 23 Jul 2014
    6:21 am
Such an important topic privacy and identity.

- - skbou said
  - 18 Jul 2014
    9:38 pm
With more and more things requiring you to enter your details online it’s hard to not worry about privacy and how safe your details are.

- - nida saeed said
  - 25 Jun 2014
    5:45 pm
a good reminder. we all need one time to time. thanks

- - Emilyypamela said
  - 31 May 2014
    12:08 pm
This should be understood by children. This is what we need to teach our children.

- - pastosy said
  - 30 May 2014
    9:25 pm
this is something Im sharing with my kids

- - maureen3 said
  - 30 May 2014
    11:36 am
Thanks for an interesting read

- - maureen3 said
  - 29 May 2014
    1:48 pm
Sensible and important tips to follow

- - coppin85 said
  - 23 May 2014
    2:44 pm
this is a good reminder in life

- - rachaelchara said
  - 22 May 2014
    12:53 pm
Good useful advice about keeping your information private.

- - maureen3 said
  - 21 May 2014
    1:36 pm
Very important article to help protect our identity

- - seachtheteach said
  - 21 May 2014
    9:32 am
Missed this, but certainly see the value in a week such as this. Great concept!

- - thejodsta said
  - 20 May 2014
    12:03 am
I’m always so paranoid about my personal details.

- - no1ladydj said
  - 19 May 2014
    11:41 pm
You can never be too careful with your personal information. Better safe than sorry.