How to protect yourself against online identity theft

Creating strong passwords and protecting smartphones important We are revealing more information about our personal lives than ever before. Through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, many of us openly share private information about our everyday lives.
So it is no surprise that cases of identity theft are rapidly increasing, with more and more people being caught out every year.
But now, as reported by Mashable, these handy tips have emerged detailing how you can protect against identity theft online.
The graphic above, created by NextAdvisor, shows some of the tips which people can take to protect themselves.
The main pieces of advice are that we should create strong passwords, protect smartphones and be careful about what information we share online.
Showing how naive many of us are to identity theft, incredibly, “password” is still one of the most popular passwords on the internet.