A new study from the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by Experian has found 55 percent of people take no steps to protect themselves from identity theft after receiving a data breach notification.
For the study, researches analyzed surveys that were sent to 797 individuals, 400 of which had been victims of a data breach.
The survey asked respondents to provide the step or steps they took to protect their identities after receiving a data breach notification. Along with finding the majority of data breach victims do nothing to protect their identities after a breach, the study made the following findings:
- 1 percent filed a lawsuit against the organization responsible for the data breach
- 5 percent paid to get credit monitoring services
- 6 percent canceled bank accounts affected by the breach
- 16 percent enrolled in identity theft protection services
- 21 percent self-monitored their credit reports
- 28 percent canceled a debit card or credit care affected by the breach
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