Identity Protection
Saw a link to this tech blog at Yahoo this morning, which warns of yet another identity theft risk: newer copiers, which keep copies of everything they copy on hard drives.
I don’t know who the genius was who decided that it would be a good idea to build copiers so that they remember everything that they ever copy. However, it is apparently the standard technology now. So when your HR person copied your Social Security card and drivers license on your first day of work for your W-9 form, those id docs stayed on the office copier. When you ran into Kinkos to photocopy your taxes before sending them out, all your financial information stayed at Kinkos.
In short, just be careful what you copy, and where you copy it.