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[Dataloss] Identity theft costs Britain $3.06 bln per year
From: lyger (lyger
attrition.org)
Date: Fri Feb 03 2006 - 08:13:48 CST
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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.
[...]
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