This document summarizes statistics about identity theft in the United States. It reports that 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year according to the FTC. The top complaint reported to the FTC in 2010 was identity theft. The document also discusses results from a survey that found many people engage in risky online behaviors like using the same passwords across multiple accounts and not logging out of accounts.

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IDENTITY THEFT IN VIEW
Identity Theft
The FTC
estimates that as many as
9 million Americans
have their identities stolen each year.
REPORTED COMPLAINTS IN 2010
As reported to the FTC
#1 IDENTITY THEFT
Complaint
11 Years
in a Row
11% Debt Collection
5% Internet Services and Prizes, Sweepstakes and Lotteries
4% Shop-at-Home, Catalog Sales, Impostor Scams and Internet Auction
3% Foreign Money Offers, Counterfeit Check Scams and Telephone/Mobile Services
2% Credit Cards
cyber security
Survey Results
50% ACCESS AMAZON
AND THEIR BANK ACCOUNT
$ITES WITH CONSIDERABLE
PERSONAL FINANTIAL DATA
BY MOBILE PHONE AND/OR TABLET
90%
OWN A LAPTOP OR PC
49%
OWN A
SMART Set Passcode
PHONE
SIXTY SIX PERCENT 54%
DO NOT USE A PASSWORD
REPORT USING THE SAME TO LOCK THEIR PHONE AND/OR TABLET
P A S 5 W O R D AMONG THE
LEAST LIKELY
TO REPORT 55
60%
AGES
59%
+ WHITES
58%
MAKING
MORE
FOR AT LEAST TWO ACCOUNTS
THAN
USING A $50K
PER YEAR
PASSWORD
50%
of people do not click
OVER
the LOG OUT BUTTON
when they are finished LOG OUT!
using accounts
like Facebook or Twitter
Home Profile Account
18% of survey respondents
proactively manage
their privacy settings
on an ongoing basis.
50%
Provide their birth date
educational background
and email address on social media
WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP YOU SHOULD TAKE
IF YOU SUSPECT SOMEONE HAS HACKED INTO
ONE OF YOUR ONLINE ACCOUNTS ?
MOST PEOPLE DID NOT SAY
CALLREPORTING AGENCY
OR CREDIT
A BANK
types of
Identity Theft
is the state with the highest per capita rate of
FLORIDA
reported identity theft complaints, followed by
ARIZONA &
CALIFORNIA
SOURCES:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/consumers/about-identity-theft.html
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2011/03/topcomplaints.shtm
Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book for January - December 2010 for the Federal Trade Commission
Internet Use and Privacy Analysis - September 16, 2011, conducted by Strategy One