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=== France ===
In France, a person convicted of identity theft can be sentenced up to five years in prison and fined up to [[euro|€]]75,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.journaldunet.com/juridique/juridique040309.shtml|title=Usurpation d’identitéd'identité : la loi ou la technique pour se protéger ?|website=www.journaldunet.com|accessdate=25 December 2023}}</ref>
 
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Six Federal agencies conducted a joint task force to increase the ability to detect identity theft. Their joint recommendation on "red flag" guidelines is a set of requirements on financial institutions and other entities which furnish credit data to credit reporting services to develop written plans for detecting identity theft. The FTC has determined that most medical practices are considered creditors and are subject to requirements to develop a plan to prevent and respond to patient identity theft.<ref>Michael, Sara {{cite web |url=http://www.physicianspractice.com/index/fuseaction/newsletterArticles.view/articleID/87.htm |title=Getting Red Flag Ready |access-date=2009-07-02 |archive-date=2012-09-11 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911/http://www.physicianspractice.com/index/fuseaction/newsletterArticles.view/articleID/87.htm |url-status=dead }} PhysiciansPractice.com, 21 May 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.</ref> These plans must be adopted by each organization's board of directors and monitored by senior executives.<ref>[http://www.ftc.gov/os/fedreg/2007/december/071213factafurnisheraccuracy.pdf 72 Fed. Reg. 70944 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217151554/http://www.ftc.gov/os/fedreg/2007/december/071213factafurnisheraccuracy.pdf |date=17 February 2013 }} (PDF). Retrieved 29 January 2008.</ref>
 
Identity theft complaints as a percentage of all fraud complaints decreased from 2004 to 2006.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/downloads/clearinghouse_2006.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911044319/http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/downloads/clearinghouse_2006.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Law Enforcement Contact1 January 1 December 31, 2001|archive-date=11 September 2008}}</ref> The Federal Trade Commission reported that fraud complaints in general were growing faster than ID theft complaints.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> The findings were similar in two other FTC studies done in 2003 and 2005. In 2003, 4.6 percent of the US population said they were a victim of ID theft. In 2005, that number had dropped to 3.7 percent of the population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/downloads/synovate_report.pdf |title= |website=www.ftc.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516094455/http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/downloads/synovate_report.pdf |archive-date=16 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ftc.gov/reports/federal-trade-commission-2006-identity-theft-survey-report-prepared-commission-synovate|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911044311/http://www.ftc.gov/os/2007/11/SynovateFinalReportIDTheft2006.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Federal Trade Commission: 2006 Identity Theft Survey Report: Prepared for the Commission by Synovate|date=1 November 2007|archive-date=11 September 2008|website=Federal Trade Commission}}</ref> The commission's 2003 estimate was that identity theft accounted for some $52.6 billion of losses in the preceding year alone and affected more than 9.91 million Americans;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/09/idtheft.shtm |title=FTC.gov<!-- Bot generated title --> |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731/http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/09/idtheft.shtm |archive-date=31 July 2012 }}, releases Survey of Identity Theft in U.S. 27.3 Million Victims in past 5 Years, Billions in Losses for Businesses and Consumers</ref> the figure comprises $47.6 billion lost by businesses and $5 billion lost by consumers.
 
According to the [[Bureau of Justice Statistics|U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics]], in 2010, 7% of US households experienced identity theft - up from 5.5% in 2005 when the figures were first assembled, but broadly flat since 2007.<ref name="Bureau of Justice Statistics">{{cite web | url=http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/itrh0510.pdf | title=Identity Theft Reported by Households, 2005-2010 | publisher=Bureau of Justice Statistics | year=2011 | access-date=24 June 2013}}</ref> In 2012, approximately 16.6 million persons, or 7% of all U.S. residents age 16 or older, reported being victims of one or more incidents of identity theft.<ref>Harrell, Erika and Lynn Langton. (2013). [http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/vit12.pdf Victims of Identity Theft, 2012.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907043423/http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/vit12.pdf |date=7 September 2016 }} Washington, D.C. [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]], [[Bureau of Justice Statistics]].</ref>
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