How To Protect Yourself From Identity Theft If Your Laptop Is Lost Or Stolen

How can I protect myself from identity theft if my laptop is lost or stolen?

In the event that your laptop is lost or stolen, and it had proprietary data on it, you're going to have to pay a penalty. Now there are actually laws that have been enacted over the past few years, that in the event something breaches your client's data, you have to notify all those people. If it's your information has been compromised, then you need to determine what information was actually stolen, whether it was credit or banking information, even social security numbers. The best thing to do is to treat that information just like it was a lost or stolen credit card. Start making phone calls and start cancelling those accounts.