57% of consumers say their personal information has been compromised at least once.

34% of Australians worry about a lack of transparency in the use and storage of personal information by AI systems.

57% of organizations are prepared for personal information exfiltration.

The majority (67%) of consumers believe that their personal information is already on the dark web.

The top methods of identity compromise reported were due to PII being shared in a scam, stolen documents with personal information, and unauthorized access to a computer or mobile device.

Individuals who reported stolen documents with personal information primarily reported stolen driver’s licenses, Social Security cards, payment cards, birth certificates, and phones or tablets.

Of those who contacted the ITRC, 35% reported personal information compromise.

There was a 41-percentage-point decrease in victims reporting their PII was shared in a scam.

There was an overall increase in other reported compromises, including a 71-percentage-point rise in reports of stolen documents with personal information.

36% of reports of misuse involved new account creation using an individual’s personal information.

Of those who contacted the ITRC, 52% reported misuse of their personal information.

Reports of stolen birth certificates spiked 612 percentage points.

Individual breached records surged by more than 186%, revealing sensitive information such as passwords, emails, and credit card details.

69% of respondents said they use "multifactor authentication," or MFA.

89% of people are "concerned about my data being used by AI tools without my consent".

Aside from the 89% of people concerned about their data being "accessed and used inappropriately by the government," another 50% said they were concerned about wrongful government access of their "private conversations".

87% of people "support national laws regulating how companies can collect, store, share, or use our personal data".

60% feel that "we will never have simple, meaningful ways to protect our data".

44% said they "stopped using Instagram".

45% said they "stopped using X" (formerly Twitter).