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With a few stolen documents, someone else can become you.
Identity theft means using your personal information, name, date of birth, national ID number, a copy of your ID document, to act in your place: open an account, take out a loan, rent, commit offences. The raw material comes from data leaks, phishing, mail theft, or documents shared too freely (a simple photo of an ID card sent by email).
Its particularity: it's often discovered late, with the first debt-collection letter, a declined loan, a summons for acts you didn't commit. This theme teaches you to protect your documents, catch the weak signals early, and react in the right order if it has already happened.
Grasp what identity theft covers exactly and what a fraudster gains from it.
Identity theft is acting "as you" using your data: protect it.
10 exercises per level, mixing decision, spotting and quiz. The first 2 levels are free; the next ones open with the Elite subscription.
Each level ends with a mission: what remains to be done once the lesson is understood. Some rely on your report, others on a setting we cannot see: it says so each time.
Name, date of birth, address, official ID number: together they're enough to act in your name. See which of them are already out there and protect those first, because you can't change them like a password.
Search your inbox and your downloads for copies of your ID card or passport. Delete the ones you no longer need. Next time you send a copy, watermark it with the recipient's name and the date.
Ask the body that keeps the credit register in your country what it holds in your name: Article 15 of the GDPR gives you that right of access. A loan or an application you don't recognise is a clear sign of identity theft.
On a sheet kept outside your inbox, write down the number for blocking your cards and your country's official fraud reporting service. The day someone steals your identity, you'll act in ten minutes instead of searching.
Look for your address and phone number on pages run by people close to you or by your club. Ask privately for them to be taken down, even if the intent was good. The fewer places they appear, the harder a harasser has to work to find you.