If somebody's identity has been stolen, the victim may suffers serious consequences, and the fight to prove the one's innocence is long.
Over a year ago, we wrote about a Silesian resident who has received a call for payment from one of the mobile network companies for overdue invoices. The claim amounted to several thousand zlotys. Later on it was revealed that the unknown fraudster has impersonated the victim and signed a contract with the mobile network company.

The Polish Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Mariusz Blaszczak has recently announced several changes in the existing legislation, which are intended to prevent this type of abuse.

The new legislation will give the every polish citizen the right to report at the municipality “the unauthorized use of the identity card data”. By doing so, the citizen will be less likely held responsible for any contracts or other financial obligations concluded without his or hers knowledge.
For now, to limit the identity theft's nasty consequences, the citizen can withhold his personal informations in the "Prohibited Documents" system.