[Dataloss] Identity theft costs Britain $3.06 bln per year

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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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