Research released today has found only 5% of respondents
claimed not to be concerned about the security of their personal
data.
The Mori poll conducted among 1,243 UK consumers at
the end of March also revealed nearly two in three (63%) are
concerned about the ability of datacentres to protect their data in
the UK and abroad.
As result, more than half (58%) of respondents want government
bodies to take greater responsibility for the protection of
personal data. A massive 82% would expect to be notified
immediately in the event of a data breach.
Paul Davie, chief executive of UK database security supplier and
research sponsor Secerno, said the research reflected the
consumer reaction to recent high-profile security breaches.
Last month, building society Nationwide was fined £1 million by
the
Financial Services Authority and
TJX
– parent of UK retailer TK Maxx – admitted the credit card
details of 45 million customer worldwide had been
compromised.
“This survey provides the UK business community with a clear and
valuable insight as to the British public’s response to the recent
rise in cases of data theft or accidental loss,” said Davie.
The survey also found that, while 83% hold the security of their
bank and credit card details as a priority concern, 45% do not
think banks and online retailers do enough to protect their
personal data. A further 36% of consumers do not put personal
information online.
A spokesman for the
British Retail Consortium told Computer Weekly,
“Retailers take customer data seriously. They spend millions each
year to ensure that in those circumstances where information has to
be kept it is stored securely."
And yet another recent survey from the government advisory body,
Get Safe Online, revealed that 12 percent of people had suffered
from online fraud in the last year.
CBI head of e-business policy, Jeremy Beale, said, “We’ve have
been arguing the need for the government to get involved in
national information security campaign to help customers and
businesses for some time.
But now’s not the time for finger pointing, particularly when
existing laws are clearly not dealing with the problem.”
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