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Answer: 1 in 50
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Behind the numbers (Washington Post):
"Now identity theft affects 1.25 million kids — or about 1 out of 50 children — every year, according to the research firm Javelin.
Most of the time, child identity theft victims know the perpetrators personally, Javelin’s data shows. But social media and the data economy play a growing role. Kids have a hard time distinguishing between good and bad intentions when they meet people on the internet, says Kelly Merryman, president and chief operating officer of digital safety company Aura. Sometimes they disclose information that’s useful to identity thieves. It doesn’t help that schools, camps and other caregivers still ask for kids’ sensitive data like Social Security numbers and home addresses — information that, once digitized, can fall into the wrong hands."
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NGPF's Consumer Skills unit will help prepare your students to be savvy when it comes to protecting their identity.
Want to reinforce how many different types of identity theft we face on a daily basis? Try COMPARE: Types of Identity Theft.
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