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Consumers and ID Theft—Who Us?

IDT911A majority of taxpayers do not fear tax filing identity theft. A survey conducted recently by IDT1911found 63 percent of the 1,500 consumers are not worried about having their identities stolen during tax season while 52 percent say they do not trust or are not sure if they trust, online tax services.

The findings are based on a Google Consumer Survey conducted by IDT911 of more than 1,500 consumers in the United States, aged 18 and over. IDT911 markets applications to help consumers deal with data breached and ID theft.

The survey also found that 19 percent have not ensured their Wi-Fi network is password protected if they are filing from home. Only 12 percent plan to file in January, although experts believe filing early beats potential identity thieves to the punch.

Thirty-eight percent say they do not know how to vet a taxpayers credibility while that rose to 92 percent for those aged 18 to 34.
In terms of their view of the riskiest time for ID theft, 48 percent said that is the holiday shopping season while 30 percent cited tax filing season.

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