Identity theft spooks adults
E-commerce
22 November 2007
The loss of millions of personal records by HM Revenue and Customs can only increase current concerns about data security.
New research shows that only 25 per cent of people feel the government is in control of the problem, only 19 per cent trust online retailers to hold their data securely and less than one in ten trust ISPs to do the same.
A survey carried out by YouGov for IT company Computer Associates (CA), found two-thirds of consumers surveyed believe businesses need to take more responsibility. Simon Perry, vice president at CA, was not shocked by the results.
"This survey clearly shows that online Identity Theft remains a major concern for UK consumers. This is not surprising considering that more than 170,000 cases of Identity Theft have been reported in the past 18 months," he commented.
The chancellor, Alistair Darling denied that a merger of Customs and Excise and the Inland Revenue had led to the loss of 25 million people's data.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "People are entitled to trust the government to look after information that is given to it - for child benefit or any other purposes - and that did not happen here."
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