I'm quoting this government web site... http://www.idtheft.gov/ Seems like they are concerned enough to warn us about it. That's good. But wait! Now they are part of the problem! (slaps my own forehead)
Ha, Nothing. Britain can top that. Officials have lost Millions of details for Child tax credits and Benefits. Then the Home office lost a list of Dangerous people meaning they didn't have any more Supervision. And just recently a Pen Drive with Millions of peoples details was forgotten somewhere.