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Identity theft costs Britain $3.06 bln per year
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 09:13:48 -0500 (EST)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/02/content_4130127.htm (Chinese site in English) LONDON, Feb. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Britain loses some 1.7 billion pounds (3.06 billion US dollars) a year to identity theft, said a Home Office minister on Thursday. This results in an average loss of 35 pounds (about 63 dollars)per person, much more expensive than the national identity cards currently under government consideration, Andy Burnham, the Home Office minister, told BBC Radio. Britain has been considering national ID cards for a long time.However, the high cost of ID cards has been a controversial barrier in its introduction. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss mailing list Dataloss () attrition org https://attrition.org/mailman/listinfo/dataloss
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