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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Global identity theft attitudes among adults 2023, by country
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, in **** 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.
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Gen Digital. (February 28, 2023). Attitudes toward identity theft among adults in selected countries worldwide as of January 2023 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/1389619/identity-theft-attitudes-worldwide-by-country/
Gen Digital. "Attitudes toward identity theft among adults in selected countries worldwide as of January 2023." Chart. February 28, 2023. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 28, 2026. /statistics/1389619/identity-theft-attitudes-worldwide-by-country/
Gen Digital. (2023). Attitudes toward identity theft among adults in selected countries worldwide as of January 2023. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 28, 2026. /statistics/1389619/identity-theft-attitudes-worldwide-by-country/
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