- File your taxes as soon as possible.
- Ask your doctors’ offices for copies of your medical files.
- Go paperless.
- Dedicate one computer or prepaid cellphone for all your online financial activity.
- Open a My Social Securityaccount with the Social Security Administration.
- Freeze your credit files.
- Sign up for free fraud alerts.
- Read your credit reports.
- Consider free credit monitoring, but understand the terms first.
- Keep as few accounts as possible.