2006 Year in Statistics

2005:

• Identity Theft Resource Center reports "at least 134 data breaches affecting more than 57 million people": Source
• "10 million cases of identify theft a year, with total losses of $53 billion", says Robert Douglas of PrivacyToday.com." Source
• $30.1 billion spent online shopping by US shoppers, between Oct. 29 and Dec. 23, reflecting an increase of 30% compared to a year ago, a report from Goldman Sachs, Nielsen/NetRatings and Harris Interactive concluded.
• 8% of Fortune 500 blog.
• 12% of Yahoo! users know what RSS is and 4% actually use it.
• 1 in 10 Europeans is conceived in an Ikea bed.