- Your vaccine card has sensitive personal information, and pictures of the card that you share online might put you at risk of identity theft.
- The card not only contains your name and date of birth, but it also shows when and where you were vaccinated.
- By posting images of this document on social media, you’re sharing sensitive data that may fall in bad hands.
It’s like seeing a light at the end of a tunnel. Almost a year into the pandemic, you have finally received a vaccine against COVID-19. You have every right to celebrate it.
But you need to be careful if you plan on sharing the news online.
Your vaccine card has sensitive personal information, and pictures you post online that feature the card might put you at risk of identity theft.
“Think of it this way — identity theft works like a puzzle, made up of pieces of personal information. You don’t want to give identity thieves the pieces they need to finish the picture,” wrote the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a blog post.
The vaccination card not only has your name and date of birth, but it also shows when and where you were vaccinated. By posting images of this document on social media, you’re sharing sensitive data that may fall in bad hands.
Source: healthline