The purpose of RFID protective credit card cases is to protect your personal information from being scanned by unauthorized individuals. According to research conducted by several organizations, the new smart cards, driver’s licenses and passports that include data-containing radio frequency tags can be scanned from as far away as 10 feet without the owner’s knowledge.

These new tags are capable of storing a considerable amount of electronic data. One of the pieces of information that will be stored on the new passports and possibly other ID cards is your social security number.

Typical wallets are not enough to interfere with a scan. Putting a card in a wallet and then sticking it in a purse or pocket has been compared to wearing a t-shirt with your social security number printed on it for everyone to see.

Identity theft is on the rise as most people are aware. Identity thieves access information by stealing mail, going through people’s trash, hacking into computer e-mail accounts and by using phishing schemes to get people to volunteer their information.

As more and more people have become aware of this issue, they take precautions. They may rent locking post office boxes to protect written correspondence. They may shred any documents containing personal information such as social security or credit card numbers.

Some are starting to use better passwords, better firewalls and other software to deter hackers. The public has been advised about the phishing schemes and told not to respond to suspicious emails.

The protective credit card cases have come on the market because thieves have had to get smarter. Since their efforts are blocked in many other ways, they have created devices that will store credit card information when the card is swiped at an unattended gas pump, for example.

Consumers must be careful to track spending on their credit and debit cards down to the penny and notify the issuing company if they notice something suspicious. Even the credit card companies’ security departments are paying close attention to unusual expenditures to prevent loss on their part.

You might think of the radio frequency protective credit card cases as a new loss prevention step. Thieves could easily steal radio frequency scanners or even build their own. They could sit on a park bench and do some electronic pick pocketing, while appearing to be looking at their cell phones.

RFID technology has made credit card processing faster and provided numerous other benefits for businesses and individuals. The protective credit card cases are simply the latest solution to protect the data stored on the cards.

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