One thing I believe everyone should have in this day and age is a paper shredder. Try as you might, not everything can be sent to you electronically, which means it comes through the mail. If you store everything in a filing cabinet indefinitely then there is no problem, however if you recycle/throw of these items away and they have sensitive information then you run the risk of the information being stolen. To remedy this, get a paper shredder.A paper shredder it actually fairly cheap (word of advise, don't get the cheapest one you can find as they are complete crap) and can do a lot to protect you from identity theft. Anytime you get rid of bank/credit card statements, bills, etc. you should always shred them first.