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Do you shred all your mail - including junk mail? What about removing labels from prescription medicines? Look closely and you'll notice "bar codes" on your mail and other labels. With a simple app you can download to your phone, identity thieves can get your name, address, birth date, list of prescriptions, and more from those strange little bars! Some even pay a guy at the dump to let them go in and sift through piles of trash, searching for these profitable bits of information. Read the February - March 2019 community newsletter article to learn more about what to watch for and how to protect your identity.