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We get lots of advice on how to avoid identity theft :

1. Do not carry your social defense in your wallet.

2. Shred all your bank statements or bills whether you decide to junk them.

3. Have strong passwords

4. Know what are phishing emails and do not reply or divulge any knowledge by the mail.

But, today while I was at the driving center renewing my driving license, the person by the counter told me that he just attended a course about identity theft. And he said that one of the easiest ways to get your identity stolen was through the hotel room swipe cards that the hotels give you.

It turns out that many hotels store info such as your name and even your credit card numbers. It makes it very easy for even an amateur to get someone’s credit card number! So I did some googling and true sufficient, there have been lots of articles written about that as early as three years back. Here are interesting posts :

Swipe here to steal ID at computer world

Hotel Key Cards : Identity Theft Risk or Not

Hotel/Motel Key Cards embedded with personal information.

Guess the lesson is to manufacture certain you actually shred those cards after you have checked out.

Orginal post by Mr Credit Card