Negligent Britons wide open to identity theft

New research has suggested that Britons are failing to protect themselves properly from the threat of identity theft.

A recent study conducted by insurance provider More Than revealed that 30 per cent of people write down passwords, while 20 per cent use the same password for logging in to online resources such as personal banking.

Such a complacent approach appears all the more alarming when one considers that 70 per cent of respondents claimed that they feel more threatened by the possibility of identity theft than they did five years ago.

Commenting on the findings, Simon Logan, head of law for More Than, said: "There are lots of simple steps people can take to minimise the risk of falling victim to identity theft.

"If you do suffer at the hands of identity crooks our sophisticated online system asks all the relevant questions and generates all the documentation necessary to resolve the situation."

The research also showed that just 29 per cent of Britons use secure websites while at work, thus leaving themselves open to security threats.

July 17^th 2008

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