Utilize private post office box service for all mail.

Advise all utility and phone companies, as well as creditors of your mailing address changed.

Register your driver's license and cars to an address other than you home.

Call the DMV and request your address not be given out.

List real property in a trust rather than in your own name.

Remove your home address from personal checks, letterhead, and business cards.

Use a non-home mailing address for voter registration and credit card applications.

Ask the three credit bureaus -  Experian, Equifax, and Trans Union - to flag your account in order to lessen opportunities for fraudulent access.

Rent an outside office if you're self-employed and your business requires personal visits from patrons or associates.

Get an unlisted, unpublished phone number, and limit the number of people to whom you give it.

Don't change your number should a stalker gain access to it, instead get a second one and leave a answer machine hooked up to the line the stalker knows.  This is a perfect way to document harassing calls.

Never talk on a portable phone - those conversations can be monitored.  Keep in mind that cordless phones, cell phones, baby monitors, and hearing aides allow for conversations to be picked up on scanners.

Make sure your address isn't listed in the phone book or in the reverse directory.

Avoid calling 800, 888, 877, and 900 numbers, so that your phone number isn't captured by a service called Automatic Number Identification.

For maximum privacy, make sure the area where the phone lines enter the home is inaccessible.

Never verify your home address or any other personal details over the phone.

Let appropriate people around you know what's going on and enlist their help.

Carry an air horn or a whistle with you.  Use it if the stalker approaches.

Vary the routes you take, whether in a car or on foot, as well as your routines and social habits.

Know the whereabouts of family members at all times.

Plan ahead.  Know the locations of police stations, fire departments, and busy shopping centers.

Always park in well-lit areas.

Visually check the front and rear passenger compartments before entering the vehicle.  Keep the doors locked when not in use.

Equip your car's gas tank with a locking gas cap.

Invest in a cell phone so that you can call for assistance should you need it, without leaving your car.

Don't stop to assist stranded motorist.  Phone in a report instead.

Ask a friend or family member to accompany you whenever possible.  Never walk or jog alone at night.