Hopefully, it’s your driver’s license. Recently, it’s been learned that one particular website has access to everyone’s driver’s license. Unfortunately, it’s verifiably true. All of your driver’s license information - state of issuance, your picture, your home address, your date of birth, your license number - are available at no cost to anyone who requests it. That information should be privately held - for you and the motor vehicle licensing bureau (and the cop who pulls you over for failing to stop at a stop sign). There is simply no reason for that information to be public. Don’t think yours is there? Think again. Just take a look.
Are you outraged? Well, you would be if yours were there. But, all joking aside, driver’s license theft is no joking matter and if it happens to you, there’s more than just the inconvenience of getting a replacement card. What if someone poses as you with that card and the information on it? That’s called identity theft, and it could potentially be financially disastrous to you. A lot of people leave their driver’s license in their car. Oh, they think it’s well hidden (it’s in the visor document holder, right?) and that makes it okay. Wrong. That is simply a disaster waiting to happen.

And it’s not just a “real” car thief who could benefit from this information. Its funny how many people can be inside your car who you’d never think of as a potential thief: Valet parking attendant, the mechanic, the guy at the detailing shop, your cousin’s brother’s sister-in-law who borrowed your car last week… you get the picture. Keep your personal information on your person, not inside your car. And use the visor document holder for mysterious phone numbers, expired coupons for Jack in the Box and parking lot tickets that you thought you lost (and for which you wound up paying the full day rate); you know, the really important stuff.