When your identity is no longer your own

<p>It's been two weeks since millions of Australians learned their data might have been compromised in the Optus hack. </p><p>Since then other data breaches have been revealed, and the precarious nature of the way our personal information is often stored is becoming clear. </p><p>So what actually happens when someone tries to steal your identity? </p><p>Today, contributor to <em>The Saturday Paper</em>, Emma Phillips, on how it feels to lose control of your identity, and her fight to get it back. </p><p>In a statement in response to issues raised in this episode, the Victorian Department of Transport said:</p><p><em>“We’re protecting Victorian licence holders from identity theft with strong security measures in place to protect the data we hold.”</em></p><p><em>“This includes ensuring that only genuine victims of identity theft can change their licence number and taking steps to ensure a person who calls up, or goes into one of our customer service centres is who they say they are.”</em></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Socials: </strong>Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/7ampodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a>.</p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Contributor to <em>The Saturday Paper</em>, Emma Phillips.</p><p> </p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>