
Identity theft online: what to do in France
Someone opens an account or takes out a contract in your name? Preserve evidence, contact your bank and providers, file a complaint and reduce exposed data.
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A breach often exposes an email address and password, sometimes a phone number or address. These details can fuel spam or identity theft and reappear with brokers. Check what leaked with Have I Been Pwned, secure your accounts, then use your scan to decide where to act first.

Someone opens an account or takes out a contract in your name? Preserve evidence, contact your bank and providers, file a complaint and reduce exposed data.

A claimed Bloctel breach involves around 3 million phone numbers. Understand the uncertainty, avoid scam calls and check your wider exposure.

Receiving more calls, texts or emails after a breach? Secure your accounts, report scams and reduce exposed contact details with GDPR requests.

Check the breach, change compromised and reused passwords, enable two-factor authentication and review your wider exposure. A practical action plan.

Is Have I Been Pwned trustworthy? Check an email address, understand phone-search limits and take the right steps after a data breach.

Check whether your email or phone number appears in known breaches with a free Data Knight scan covering breaches, the web and data brokers.