Identity theft

Boys & Maughan's tips to combat ID theft are a useful, if on the whole common sense, reminder of how to avoid ID theft. One point that I had not recognised before is that company directors' full names, home addresses (usually) and signatures (often) are available from Companies House. In addition, as it happens, so are their dates of birth - useful material for a fraudster.

Another example of the way in which the online, interlinked information society works against its own security

At Nelsons Property Lawyers, we are actively working on advice to protect against property theft - watch this space for developments