Anyone concerned with privacy issues and identity theft knows about the concept of "Dumpster Diving" or going through corporate and personal garbage to find crucial data. News articles regularly appear detailing data found on un-erased disks and documents discarded by companies and government agencies.

What you throw out after this weekend could tell people quite a bit about you, consider the following:

* The names and addresses of all your friends and family. Where: The return address labels on Christmas card envelopes

*All your credit card numbers. Where: On the gift receipts you throw away

*What new luxury items are in your house(DVD, iPod, flatscreen...). Where: The empty boxes on the curb


Discard carefully!