As of January 2023, around eight in ten surveyed adults in Japan and New Zealand said they didn't know how to check if their identity had ever been stolen. Additionally, three in four adults in Japan shared that they would have no idea what to do in case of identity theft. Almost half of the respondents in India said they didn't know what identity theft was.
Attitudes toward identity theft among adults in selected countries worldwide as of January 2023
Characteristic
I don't know how to check if my identity has ever been stolen
I would have no idea what to do if my identity was stolen
I've never considered that my identity could be stolen
The source surveyed 7,021 adults in Australia, France, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom between November and December 2022 and 5,004 adults in the US were surveyed in January 2023.
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