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On average there are 2.46 incidents of ID theft per 1,000 people in St Albans while across the rest of the UK the average is 1.3.

(2006 - Callcredit Research)

46.3% respondents kept their anti-virus software up to date. Only 10% had spam-stopping software installed.

(2006 - Symantec Report)

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95% of users sometimes use a debit card to pay for online purchases. We suggest you only ever use a credit card when paying for online purchases.

(ID Theft Protect, Aug 2007)

90% of users never check all their transactions on their bank or credit card statements.

(ID Theft Protect, Aug 2007)

99% of users do NOT use a PASSWORD MANAGER to store their online and offline usernames and passwords.

(ID Theft Protect, Sept 2007)

Identity theft is costing the British economy over £1.7 billion annually.

(2006 - CIFAS)

Impersonation of the dead is growing at a rate of increase of 60% each year.

(2004 – UK Home Office)

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Remember also that if you do not lose out financially from identity theft, the process of clearing your name is still time consuming and very stressful.