A study shows that identity theft is particularly high in the UK

A study shows that identity theft is particularly high in the UK -

Statistics Whether you are someone, or know someone who has been the victim of an identity theft recently published about this pernicious crime could still surprise you.

according to the research group Fellowes, about a quarter of the population of the UK has been affected by identity fraud in the past, which makes it more vulnerable UK that other countries in Europe. Indeed, the average of other countries on the continent oscillates lower than 17%.

Speaking as president of Identity Fraud Communications Awareness Group, Neil Munroe blamed the use of multiple computers for shopping and socializing, as well as access to social networks and banking sites Internet on mobile phones, as the root causes behind the high number of ID fraud. The main concern with this comes the all default users too often to connect on social networks and email accounts, which means valuable information, sensitive is often readily available for phone thieves or anyone who happens to pick up mobile loss.

But sharing computers and physical theft of a mobile device are not the only means by which identity theft risks are increased. Many people believe that the use of public Wi-Fi spots for Internet access can pose a great risk to online security itself. Identity Theft Resource Center recently released statistics of a survey that shows 79% of respondents believe that the use of Wi-Fi can lead to identity theft, in part because of connections not encrypted.

Whether your personal information or sensitive information on your work, wanting to keep safe from fraudsters should not have to say avoiding public Wi-Fi hotspots in total. Indeed, a measure that is available for anyone looking to enhance online security is a virtual private network, or VPN service

In short, what is a virtual private network does encrypt all data transmitted over an Internet connection -. If it is publicly available or your own question. By encrypting everything from Web searches to e-mails, an anonymous VPN service your connection, thereby reducing the likelihood that data will be intercepted by attackers.

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