When is it okay to give out my home address?

When is it okay to give out my home address?

Robert Siciliano (Identity Theft Expert and CEO) gives expert video advice on: How are we identified in the U.S.?; When is it okay to give out my home address? and more...

I would only give out your home address when it's absolutely necessary. Obviously, when you're signing up for a utility, you have to give out a home address. When you're signing up for most accounts that require credit, you usually have to give out your home address. I actually have a post office box that I use as often as possible. If I don't have to give out my billing dress, or I can use a different ship-to address, I usually us a PO box, both for personal security reasons and for identity theft reasons. We live in an age where privacy is pretty much out the door at this point. Privacy really is an illusion. But whatever privacy you can maintain by giving out a different address other than your home, I think is always a good idea.