Why shredders R impt: Emotional Costs of ID Theft

* 47% of victims have trouble getting credit or a loan as a result of identity theft

* 19% of victims have higher credit rates and 16% have higher insurance rates because of identity theft

* 11% of victims say identity theft has a negative impact on their abilities to get jobs

* 70% of victims have trouble getting rid of (or never get rid of) negative information in their records

* 40% of victims experience stress in their family lives as a result of displaced anger and frustration over the identity theft

* 45% of victims feel denial or disbelief

* 85% of victims anger and rage

* 45% of victims feel defiled by the identity thief

* 42% of victims feel an inability to trust people because of the identity theft

* 60% of victims feel unprotected by the police