A leader in residential and small business document and data destruction and recycling, ShredStation, Inc., has unveiled a new online tool for consumers to better understand the behaviors that put them at risk of becoming an identity theft victim.

“My ID Theft Risk” is an online survey that asks the participant a variety of questions that pertain to the management of sensitive information. The survey provides questions pertaining to the management of document destruction, trash, mail, financial record management online shopping and a variety of other information management behaviors. Consumers can visit www.myidtheftrisk.com to take the survey.

Al Villamil, President of ShredStation, Inc. said: “ID theft is growing at an alarming rate and is always in the news, in fact it is such an issue that the U.S. Post Office just sent information about it to every single household in the country”. “It’s great to see that people are finally paying attention, but the crime keeps growing because people fail to take a close look at their personal information management behaviors –many of which are putting people at serious risk.”

“We developed this risk calculator so we could shift people’s attention more toward prevention, not just knowing how to respond once it’s already happened. This is a 5 minute survey that can help people save countless hours of aggravation”, continues Villamil.

The launch of www.myidtheftrisk.com coincides with a joint venture between the Federal Trade Commission, Federal Communications Committee and other consumer advocacy groups, called the 10th annual National Consumer Protection Week, March 2-8, 2008, . The week is designed to educate consumers about the variety of ways to protect themselves, especially from identity theft.

A score will be automatically generated, after consumers have completed the online survey, based on the participant’s responses to the yes/no questions. Participants may then print out the consumer protection tips. The survey takes approximately 5 minutes to complete.