The Red Flag Rules
Detecting,Preventing, and Mitigating Identity Theft
This training has been produced to explain the federal rules intended to prevent Identity Theft, and to assist you in developing unit-specific procedures that will comply with the Identity Theft Prevention Program policy, approved by the Board of Trustees and found in the General Privacy Management Policy Manual (see the Table of Contents).
Training Module Instructions
Please read this entire page first before calling the Privacy Office!
The training module appears as a pop-up box. If you click below on Begin Red Flag Training and get sent back to this page, you may have a "Pop-Up Blocker" installed. Disable the blocker or use a different computer that allows pop-ups from this page. Speak to your computer support person, if necessary, for help.
Read the information on each slide. Press the NEXT button to proceed from slide to slide. Extra information about words underlined in blue may be viewed by clicking on them.
Register at the End: Use either your UF ID# or a pseudo-number to register your completion. If you have not been assigned a UFID, you should use ####-0000, where the first 4 digits are a set of numbers that means something to you, such as part of a phone #, zip code, or address.
If you have a UF ID#, please use it, and please enter it correctly. If you have a UF ID# but can't remember it, go to: What's My UFID?
Register to receive your Certificate of Completion. Print it out for your records, if you want to; however, it will be available online indefinitely through the Certificate Lookup page. Successful completion and registration of this training module is recorded by the Privacy Office.
Browsers: The training is best accessed through Internet Explorer. It can work with other systems, but the slides may be distorted.
The module takes approximately 30 minutes and should be completed in one sitting. If you close the window before reaching the end, you will need to begin again.
Thank you for your participation. If you have any questions, please read this entire page first. Then, if you don't find the answer you need, contact Everall Peele, Privacy Training Coordinator ( epeele@ufl.edu).
Report any known or suspected violations immediately!
- Incident Reporting: Privacy website – http://privacy.ufl.edu
- Privacy Office: call 352-273-5094 or email privacy@ufl.edu
