David Fraser’s Canadian Privacy Law Blog refers to an article that described how much information could be found just by starting with a discarded boarding pass. It was more than sufficient to enable fraud or identity theft.

It illustrates the importance of shredding or otherwise destroying any piece of paper that has any information at all about yourself.

And don’t assume that just because your name isn’t on it, you are safe. Its far too easy to combine or use other information to trace it back.

Read David’s post