Any document with any form of personal identification on it is a potential 'gold mine' to a thief to steal your identity - an address, a name or even an account number are all useful items to a thief. The number of times I have gone to my local recycling point to dump a load of newspapers etc and looked into the skip to see addresses still on packaging, old bills from utility companies, and even old bank statements, all still intact and in one piece that people have not correctly disposed of and just dumped in a skip. Just think - you only need 2 bits of identification to prove a name and address to get credit, loans, mobile phones etc, and getting hold of this ...  Read the complete review

My boyfriend is always nagging me to shred any letters or documents that I no longer want to store in my house, rather than just throwing them in the bin. He worries about identity theft. I have never been too worried, but a few months ago someone hacked into my credit card details and spent my money on my card. I was outraged, but my boyfriend told me it was probably down to them getting information out of my rubbish. The next day I went out and brought one of these paper shredder's from Tesco's. It was only £15, which is quite affordable, plus think of all the hassle it could potentially save me, as reclaiming money from banks is hard work. The shredder came ...  Read the complete review

With all the stories that you hear about identity theft I do worry about my personal details being out there in the public domain. I try and do as much as I possibly can to keep my details safe but there is only so much you can do and I realise that they will never be 100% secure. To be honest I would feel sorry for anyone who tried to steal my bank details as there is so little in there! One thing I can do to help protect my details at home is to shred my documents such as bank and credit card statements so that no one can fish them from the rubbish bin. I have had a few shredders over the years but one thing I notice about all the ones I have owned is that ...  Read the complete review

A good five years ago I became the victim of id theft and fraud. At that time I never had the internet nor did I shop online (addict now) and had my few thousand pounds worth of my life savings stolen from my bank account, I had credit cards and a loan all out in my name. I had moved from a rental cottage to a new house and somewhere during this time it happened anyways a few thousand pounds may be nothing to some people but that was all the money I had and being on a low income it broke my heart. I cant go into to much detail, but the appropriate actions were taken. Ever since that I have took extra precautions to stop it happening again. I shop online with a pre paid ..  Read the complete review

There apparently comes a time in everyone's lives when they feel a need to start shredding - I think it was Michael McIntyre that pointed this out to me, and it seems my parents have reached that time. Despite being fairly clueless about most forms of technology, they have decided that people even knowing your name and address will have catastrophic consequences (although isn't this all available in the phone book..?). I decided that it was worth spending £15 on a shredder to quell their fears, so I ordered this shredder from Tesco's online site. Neither of them deal with a great amount of paperwork so I thought the five sheet limit wouldn't be a ...  Read the complete review