I'm a full-time mummy

With the ever changing technology and more and more businesses providing the convenience to everyone in doing online transactions nowadays, we have to be very careful when it comes to performing tasks and activities on the World Wide Web. 

I'm particularly very skeptical with my personal data and would not simply divulge my particulars (such as address, contact number and banking details) unless the source is trusted and the website is encrypted and have good reputation in safekeeping their customers/members data.

Now have you heard of the terms identity theft?

According to Wikipedia, identity theft is: "a form of fraud or cheating of another person's identity in which someone pretends to be someone else by assuming that person's identity, typically in order to access resources or obtain credit and other benefits in that person's name. The victim of identity theft (here meaning the person whose identity has been assumed by the identity thief) can suffer adverse consequences if he or she is held accountable for the perpetrator's actions. Organizations and individuals who are duped or defrauded by the identity thief can also suffer adverse consequences and losses, and to that extent are also victims."

Imagine the troubles you have to go through when you realised someone has stolen your personal details! For example, if someone manages to get hold of your credit card details, they could easily perform transactions online and make purchases online using your credit card details!

I came across this website called IdentityHawk, which is the industry leader in identity fraud detection and prevention. Unlike other services that inform their customers / members after they' have been victimized, IdentityHawk's leading-edge technology detects, deters, and prevents identity fraud before it strikes. Cool huh?

What is fantastic about their identity theft protection service is their members will receive automatic e-mail or text alerts the moment a potential risk is uncovered. They will also inform their members about the latest threats to their identity as quickly as electronically possible whether it's the unauthorized use of a member's personal information or a data breach. You can read more on how their system works at http://www.identityhawk.com/how-it-works.

I mean, wouldn't it be great to be informed the moment a POTENTIAL risk is detected? Of course, some of you might think it might be troublesome or even annoying, but I'd like to think that it is better to be safe than sorry!

So what are your thoughts on identity theft?

Do you practise any form of protection when it comes to divulging your personal particulars online?

About 5 months back, I wrote a post about hubby's DIY playmat for Ben. Hubby actually made the entire playmat from cardboard and printed some pictures and designs with his color printer and I helped out with the cutting and some glueing (and the aftermath of fixing the playmat as well)

Now... hubby's back with his 2nd DIY playmat for Ben.... a racing track! This was of course inspired after we watched Cars 2 (Ben's 2nd movie!!) and since Ben is a real crazy fan of cars and all, what better time to come up with this huh?

Anyway, I thought I should blogged this up as it took hubby 2 black marker pens and an hour for him to DRAW the entire racing tracks... what a sacrifice right?!

Ben posing with his new toy!

Ben trying out the racing tracks with 2 of his many many many toys!  Noticed the 2 cars he's holding are red in color? Oh well, he kept saying it's 'Ah-ki-kim' (for Lightning McQueen)... cute cute!

So yeah, kudos to hubby again for his effort and hard work in this racing track!

So after this, maybe hubby can consider his 3rd DIY playmat to be train tracks since Ben is nuts about trains too! Hehehehe...