EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION DAY 2009

That this House notes and welcomes European Data Protection Day; recognises that incidents of card cloning and phishing increased by 182 per cent. in the second quarter of 2008 compared with the same period in 2007; further notes that phishing attacks cost $2.8 billion in 2006 compared to $137 million in 2004, and the number of US citizens who received phishing emails doubled from 57 million in 2004 to 109 million in 2008; further notes with concern that 44 per cent. of small businesses have fallen victims to identity fraud through phishing, internet scams and data theft; and calls on the Government to promote the dangers of identity fraud to individuals and businesses.