What is an "identity emergency kit"?

What is an "identity emergency kit"?

Robert Siciliano (Identity Theft Expert and CEO) gives expert video advice on: How can I minimize my risk in the case of identity theft?; Where should I keep my identity emergency kit? and more...

An identity emergency kit is essentially all of your identifying documentation, especially the stuff that is in your wallet. I always recommend that you take your wallet to a copy machine and copy the front and back of every document you have in your wallet. So in the event that the wallet or pocketable purse is stolen, you can then cancel all those credit cards, you'll have the phone numbers, the credit card information and everything to go ahead and cancel and restore your credit cards. Also have photocopies of birth certificates, drivers licences and passports, so that you can be still be properly identified and you have some type of backed up documentation that will in effect identify you.