Guard Your COVID Vaccine Card

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr today issued a warning to individuals about posting their COVID-19 vaccine cards on social media.

“I strongly encourage all Georgians to get vaccinated for COVID at the appropriate time, but cannot discourage them enough against the posting of their vaccination cards on social media,” warns Attorney General Carr. “This new trend of doing so, however well-intentioned, could lead to their full names and birthdates falling into the wrong hands.”

COVID vaccine cards contain the recipient’s full name and birth date. This information might help someone to apply for a loan or credit card in your name or hack into your accounts if you have used your birthdate as a password or PIN. A safer way to share about your vaccine on social media would be to update your status or to post a picture of your vaccination sticker.

The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division offers the following tips about staying safe online and reducing your risk of identity theft:

• Avoid listing the following information publicly: date of birth, hometown, home address, year of your high school or college graduation, primary e-mail address.
• Only invite people to your social network that you know or have met, as opposed to friends or friends and strangers.
• Never, ever give out your Social Security number or driver’s license number.
• Consider unique user names and passwords for each profile and don’t share…